ekphrasticadj.

Brit.

/ɛkˈfrastɪk/, U.S.

/ɛkˈfræstɪk/

Forms: 1900s– ecphrastic, 1900s– ekphrastic.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ἐκϕραστικός.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ἐκϕραστικός descriptive < the stem of ancient Greek ἐκϕράζειν to recount, in Hellenistic Greek also to describe (see ekphrasis n.) + -τικός , suffix forming adjectives from verbs (compare -ic suffix). Compare post-classical Latin ecphrasticus (1546 or earlier), German ekphrastisch (1881 or earlier). Compare earlier ekphrasis n.

Employing, characterized by, or relating to a literary device in which a painting, sculpture, or other work of visual art is described in detail. See ekphrasis n.

ΚΠ

1906 Dublin Rev. Jan. 72 Leonidas so brilliantly ecphrastic that we see the picture he describes.

1965 Arion 4 565 We would find the ekphrastic poetry of antiquity more interesting if it did not depend on what to us is a confusion of genres.

1992 Mod. Painters Spring 87/3 Perhaps I see too much in them and have fallen either into the ekphrastic pit or through one of Hirst's ‘huge holes for interpretation’.

2010 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 Aug. 65/4 A fine ekphrastic meditation on the heavily cowled saint clutching a skull to his breast so hard that he can ‘feel the teeth of the upper jaw gnaw into his sternum’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ekphrastic
释义	ekphrasticadj. Brit. /ɛkˈfrastɪk/, U.S. /ɛkˈfræstɪk/ Forms: 1900s– ecphrastic, 1900s– ekphrastic. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ἐκϕραστικός. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ἐκϕραστικός descriptive < the stem of ancient Greek ἐκϕράζειν to recount, in Hellenistic Greek also to describe (see ekphrasis n.) + -τικός , suffix forming adjectives from verbs (compare -ic suffix). Compare post-classical Latin ecphrasticus (1546 or earlier), German ekphrastisch (1881 or earlier). Compare earlier ekphrasis n. Employing, characterized by, or relating to a literary device in which a painting, sculpture, or other work of visual art is described in detail. See ekphrasis n. ΚΠ 1906 Dublin Rev. Jan. 72 Leonidas so brilliantly ecphrastic that we see the picture he describes. 1965 Arion 4 565 We would find the ekphrastic poetry of antiquity more interesting if it did not depend on what to us is a confusion of genres. 1992 Mod. Painters Spring 87/3 Perhaps I see too much in them and have fallen either into the ekphrastic pit or through one of Hirst's ‘huge holes for interpretation’. 2010 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 Aug. 65/4 A fine ekphrastic meditation on the heavily cowled saint clutching a skull to his breast so hard that he can ‘feel the teeth of the upper jaw gnaw into his sternum’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1906
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