delineation

Definitions

noun

1

The act of delineating; depiction.

2

An image of the outline of an object.

3

A graphic verbal description.

After all, the English hostel owes much of its charms to Chaucer; our associations are of his haunting pictures—his delicate Lady Prioress, his comely young squire, with their pleasant interchange of tale and legend, rise upon the mind's eye in all the fascination of his vivid delineations.

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noun — representation by drawing or painting etc

depiction
portrayal

noun — a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects

depiction
limning

noun — a graphic or vivid verbal description

word-painting
depiction
picture
characterization
characterisation

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After all, the English hostel owes much of its charms to Chaucer; our associations are of his haunting pictures—his delicate Lady Prioress, his comely young squire, with their pleasant interchange of

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