illustrated

American  

[il-uh-strey-tid] / ˈɪl əˌstreɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. containing pictures, drawings, and other illustrations.

   an illustrated book.

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noun

1. British. a magazine or newspaper regularly containing many photographs or drawings.

Other Word Forms

• unillustrated adjective
• well-illustrated adjective

Etymology

Origin of illustrated

First recorded in 1825–35; illustrate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

But “Ankhmerwer”—gorgeously inscribed and illustrated and sprinkled with glimmering gold shrines, crowns, birds, gods and sun disks—rewards close looking and empathetic eyes.

From The Wall Street Journal

The illustrated recipes that he published in London newspapers in the 1960s and collected into a pair of cookbooks are credited with helping British men get cooking.

From The Wall Street Journal

The value of the Japanese playing cards was illustrated recently when one described as the "holy grail" sold for £30,000.

From BBC

Wales' fluid front four poured forward at will and linked play beautifully, illustrated by their sumptuous team move for the fourth goal involving Brooks, Wilson and James.

From BBC

This orientation is illustrated in the last lines of a hymn by Isaac Watts, often sung during Lent: “Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• adorned
• decorated
• embellished
• illuminated