ekphrasis

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From Ancient Greek ἔκφρασις (ékphrasis, description), from ἐκφράζω (ekphrázō, I describe), from ἐκ (ek, out, ex-) + φράζω (phrázō, I explain, point out).

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ekphrasis (countable and uncountable, plural ekphrases)

  1. (rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or verbal description of an object, especially of an artwork.
    • 2004, Daniel Donoghue, Old English Literature, Blackwell, published 2004, page 75:
      One [trope] is ekphrasis, the literary description of a work of art, the most famous example of which may be the careful depiction of the shield of Achilles in book 18 of the Iliad.

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