[Gr. ἔκφρασις, f. ἐκφράζειν, f. ἐκ out + φράζειν to speak.] (See quot.)
1715. Kersey, Ecphrasis (in Rhet.) a plain declaration or interpretation of a thing.
1814. Edin. Rev., XXIV. 65. The same florid effeminacies of style … in … an ecphrasis of Libanius, are harmless.
