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Definition of "ekphrastic" [ekphrastic]
- Pertaining to ekphrasis; clear, lucid (adjective)
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Use "ekphrastic" in a sentence
- "I offer this ekphrastic poem as a commentary, and as a token of love:"
- "I had never heard of the word a couple years ago when Peter Bray from Benicia emailed me, "Your poem Watching McKinley is ekphrastic.""
- "Watching McKinley --- Painting and poem yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Watching McKinley --- Painting and poem'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: I painted Watching McKinley in July \'04 a year after a vacation to Alaska, and wrote the ekphrastic poem describing the painting in April \'07.'"