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ekphrastic

/ɛkˈfɹæstɪk/

ekphrastic adjective: pertaining to ekphrasis; clear, lucid.

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

ekphrastic meaning in Bengali

ekphrastic in Bengali

পরিষ্কার, স্বচ্ছ, বোধগম্য

Forms of ekphrastic

comparativemore ekphrastic
superlativemost ekphrastic
alternative formecphrastic

Origin of ekphrastic

From Ancient Greek ἐκφραστικός (ekphrastikós).

Questions about ekphrastic

What does ekphrastic mean?
Ekphrastic means pertaining to ekphrasis; clear, lucid.
What is ekphrastic in Bengali?
Ekphrastic in Bengali is পরিষ্কার, স্বচ্ছ, বোধগম্য. See Ekphrastic meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is ekphrastic?
Ekphrastic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce ekphrastic?
Ekphrastic is pronounced /ɛkˈfɹæstɪk/.

Words near ekphrastic in the dictionary

  1. ekphorization
  2. ekphory
  3. ekphrases
  4. ekphrasic
  5. ekphrasis
  6. ekphrastic
  7. ekphratic
  8. ekpwele
  9. ekpweles
  10. ekpyroses
  11. ekpyrosis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ekphrastic (page history and authors); ekphrastic (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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