English
Etymology
From AGr. polytonic|ἔκφÏασις, from polytonic|á¼ÎºÏ†Ïάζειν, from polytonic|á¼Îº- ‘ex-’ + polytonic|φÏάζειν ‘speak’.
Pronunciation
IPA|/ˈɛkfrəsɪs/
Noun
en-noun|ekphras|es
- rhetoric A clear, intense, self-contained argument or pictorial description of an object, especially of an artwork.
#:*2004: 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. — Daniel Donoghue, Old English Literature (Blackwell 2004, p. 75)
Alternative forms
ecphrasis
ru:ekphrasis
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