naturaˈlesque, a. and n.
[f. natural a.]
A. adj. Having the characteristics of nature or natural objects.
| 1880 Mrs. Compton Reade Brown Hand & White II. iv. 102 Flung to the lowest depths of despair by the very naturalesque loveliness of Nereide. 1895 Archæol. Oxon. vi. 310 The spandrels are filled with foliage, much of which from its naturalesque character is almost unique. |
B. n. Imitation of, adherence to, nature.
| 1888 Star 12 Dec. 3/2 Morris..was generally in his designs puzzled between ‘naturalesque’ and ‘conventionalism’. |