Sentence:  His name is Praisegod Piepsam , and he is rather fully <WSD>described</WSD> as to his clothing and physiognomy in a way which relates him to a sinister type in the author 's repertory - he is a forerunner of those enigmatic strangers in `` Death in Venice '' , for example , who represent some combination of cadaver , exotic , and psychopomp . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  give a description of