word painting

noun

A visually evocative poem or other piece of writing.

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Meanings

nounword painting (countable and uncountable, plural word paintings)

plural word paintings

  1. countableuncountableA visually evocative poem or other piece of writing.
  2. countableuncountableThe act of writing such a piece.

    Word-painting has become a science, and almost every corner of the globe has been described and traversed by that genus homo, the inevitable "globe-trotter".

    1887, Mrs. Dominic D. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 1
  3. countableuncountableentertainmentProgram music, or the process of composing it.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
program music
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APA

word painting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word%20painting

MLA

“word painting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word%20painting. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “word painting,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word%20painting.

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