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Delineation

//diːlɪniˈeɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of delineating; depiction. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    representation by drawing or painting etc wordnet
  3. 3
    An image of the outline of an object. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects wordnet
  5. 5
    A graphic verbal description. countable, uncountable

    "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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  1. 6
    a graphic or vivid verbal description wordnet

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