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Added 9 October 2026

pictura

noun

Latin root: pictūra Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about pictura at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The picture or image component of something, such as an emblem or poem, that contains a combination of imagery and text or symbols.
The pattern of coloration.

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin pictūra (“a painting”). Doublet of picture.

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