word picture

a description in words, especially one that is unusually vivid: She drew a word picture of a South Pacific sunset.

Origin of word picture

First recorded in 1855–60

Burke's word-picture of that evening's catastrophe had been a vivid one; and John Denby could not forget it.

The Road to Understanding |Eleanor H. Porter
It remains as old-fashioned to-day as ever, but does not very closely resemble the word-picture Dickens draws of it.

The Bath Road |Charles G. (Charles George) Harper
He was a little taken aback for a moment by the eloquence and fidelity of his brother's word-picture, but stimulated to rivalry.

The Golden Butterfly |Walter Besant
The word-picture I managed to draw up for circulation had nothing distinctive about it.

Christopher Quarles |Percy James Brebner

But, Dodo, you are not painting the word-picture of the Chickadee.

Citizen Bird |Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues

word picture

a verbal description, esp a vivid one