Is there a word for this? 1

[ChrisHunt]

Inspired by Thadeus' thread thread1256-1613926 , here's a similar one. I was wrestling with this when writing a blog post a few days back:

Is there a word which describes the property of "having a good view", as applied to a building.

There are words like scenic and picturesque - but those apply to the views themselves, rather than the place from which you can enjoy them.

Any ideas?

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[KenCunningham]

'Well appointed' covers scenery and location I think.

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[CajunCenturion]

How about 'overlook'?

(not the verb overlook, but the noun overlook)





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[CajunCenturion]

From Emily Dickinson's poems about words.

There is a Word
There is a word
Which bears a sword
Can pierce an armed man --
It hurls its barbed syllables
And is mute again --
But where it fell
The saved will tell
On patriotic day,
Some epauletted Brother
Gave his breath away.

Wherever runs the breathless sun --
Wherever roams the day --
There is its noiseless onset --
There is its victory!
Behold the keenest marksman!
The most accomplished shot!
Time's sublimest target
Is a soul "forgot!"

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[Welshbird]

Viewpoint?

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[Thadeus]

Observatory? Observation Point/Hill (as many have been called). Also Lookout, as in Lookout Ridge...

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[SamBones]

Not a single word, but Vantage Point?

 

[p5wizard]

Pricey? ;-)

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[kwbMitel]

Panoramic may apply. (if all directions are viewable)

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[Michael52x]

Ah, SB, good one. A simple "view" works too.
How aboput visionable?

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[BadBigBen]

Vista...

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[hjgoldstein]

Panoramic refers to the view from the property as does Vista.

Why not invent a new word? English is an evolving language after all.

What about Panoramium?

After all, a planetarium is a building where you view projected images of the cosmos.

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[CajunCenturion]

==> Why not invent a new word?
Why not use the existing word?

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/overlook?view=uk

(see the noun definition)

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/overlook

(see the noun definition)

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overlook

(click on the noun definition)

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/viewpoint_1#viewpoint_1__3

(depending on where you're going to use the word)



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[blister911]

How about exposure?


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[hjgoldstein]

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Viewpoint is marginal. Overlook...I don't like it at all.

But that's just me.

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[kwbMitel]

Pictoral
Resplendent



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[CajunCenturion]

==> Panoramic refers to the view from the property as does Vista.
That is true. The question calls for a noun, not an adjective.

==> Viewpoint is marginal. Overlook...I don't like it at all.
I can appreciate that, and there are lots of words that I don't like either. It's also possible those terms are not euphonic in context. Nevertheless, they do directly answer ChrisHunt's question.

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[stackdump]

Can't think of a solitary word but I often see hotel rooms described as having a "commanding view". Others might be "pictorially advantaged", having a "preferred vista", "exceptional outlook".

Given Forsters book title "A Room With A View", I guess he couldn't think of anything either. Reminds me that in films, any hotel room in Paris always has a view including the Eiffel Tower.

 

[kwbMitel]

==> Panoramic refers to the view from the property as does Vista.
That is true. The question calls for a noun, not an adjective.

However, nouns are not "descriptive" in and of themselves and the question asks for a word that describes...


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[carp]

Scenic Overlook" is the sign you often see along highways. I think it applies to rooms as well as rest stops.