word painting noun 3word-painting adjective 1forms 1 noun3 •A visually evocative poem or other piece of writing. •The 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 •Program music, or the process of composing it. word-painting adjective1 •That creates visual images verbally. formsword paintings