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picturesque

 adjective
     
pic‧tur‧esque
1 a picturesque place is pretty and interesting in an old-fashioned way:
a quiet fishing village with a picturesque harbour
2 picturesque language uses unusual, interesting, or sometimes rude words to describe something:
a picturesque account of his trip to New York
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