pictoral
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably an alteration of pictorial influenced by analysis as Latin pictor (“painter”) (the source of pictorial) + the common suffix -al.
Adjective
[edit]pictoral
- (uncommon, possibly nonstandard) Alternative form of pictorial.
- 1998, Dictionary of the Theatre: Terms, Concepts, and Analysis, →ISBN, page 215:
- mise en abyme […] is a device in which an enclave is embedded in the work (which may be pictoral, literary or theatrical), […]