EKPHRASIS

PRONUNCIATION: (EK-fruh-sis)

MEANING: noun: A description of or commentary on a work of visual art.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin ecphrasis, from Greek ekphrasis (description), from ek (ex-, out) + phrazein (to explain). Earliest documented use: 1632.
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ELK PHRASIS - the Sayings of the BPOE

EKPHASIS - the opposite of EMPHASIS

EEKPHRASIS - mouse-aphobia