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word picture
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(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a verbal description, esp a vivid one
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Noun1.word pictureword picture - a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, word-painting, picture
description, verbal description - a statement that represents something in words
epithet - descriptive word or phrase
portrait, portraiture, portrayal - a word picture of a person's appearance and character


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