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ecphrastic

/ɛkˈfɹæstɪk/

ecphrastic is the alternative spelling of ekphrastic.

Meaning of ekphrastic

Adjective

ekphrastic (comparative more ekphrastic, superlative most ekphrastic)

  1. Pertaining to ekphrasis; clear, lucid.
    • He mentions Rilke, too, in passing, whose “Archaic Torso of Apollo” forms, along with “Grecian Urn” and Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts,” a triad of classic examples. These poems cast long ekphrastic shadows.2026 June 3, Elisa Gabbert, “How Poets Went From Describing Art to Personally Admiring It”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of ecphrastic

comparativemore ecphrastic
superlativemost ecphrastic

Questions about ecphrastic

What is ecphrastic the alternative spelling of?
Ecphrastic is the alternative spelling of ekphrastic.
How do you pronounce ecphrastic?
Ecphrastic is pronounced /ɛkˈfɹæstɪk/.

Words near ecphrastic in the dictionary

  1. ecphory
  2. ecphractic
  3. ecphractics
  4. ecphrases
  5. ecphrasis
  6. ecphrastic
  7. ECPI
  8. ECPM
  9. ECPP
  10. ECPs
  11. ecpyroses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ecphrastic (page history and authors); ekphrastic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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