pictoral

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A form of pictorial — Of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures.

OriginLatin pictor →
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Meanings

adjective
  1. alternativenonstandardpossiblyuncommonAlternative form of pictorial.

    mise en abyme […] is a device in which an enclave is embedded in the work (which may be pictoral, literary or theatrical), […]

    1998, Dictionary of the Theatre: Terms, Concepts, and Analysis, →ISBN, page 215

Origin

  1. Latinpictor“painter”
  2. Englishpictoral

Probably an alteration of pictorial influenced by analysis as Latin pictor (“painter”) (the source of pictorial) + the common suffix -al.

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APA

pictoral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pictoral

MLA

“pictoral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pictoral. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pictoral,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pictoral.

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