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euphuism
English
Etymology
From John Lyly's didactic romance Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578), +? -ism.
Noun
euphuism (countable and uncountable, plural euphuisms)
- (uncountable) An ornate style of writing (in Elizabethan England) marked by the excessive use of alliteration, antithesis and mythological similes.
- An instance of euphuism.
- 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, Marginalia
- I have not the slightest faith in Carlyle. In ten years–possibly in five–he will be remembered only as a butt for sarcasm. His linguistic Euphuisms might very well have been taken as prima facie evidence of his philosophic ones; they were the froth which indicated, first, the shallowness, and secondly, the confusion of the waters.
- 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, Marginalia
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euphuistic
English
Etymology
euphu(ism) +? -istic
Adjective
euphuistic
- Of or pertaining to euphuism.
Synonyms
- euphuistical
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