different between writing vs euphuism

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?t??ng, IPA^(key): /??a?t??/
• Hyphenation: writ?ing
• Rhymes: -a?t??

Etymology 1

From Middle English writing, writyng, wryting, wrytyng, from Old English wr?ting (“writing”), equivalent to write +? -ing.

Noun

writing (countable and uncountable, plural writings)

1. (uncountable) Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
2. (countable) Something written, such as a document, article or book.
3. (uncountable) The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.
4. (countable) A work of an author.
5. (countable) The style of writing of a person.

   I can't read your writing.

6. (as a modifier) Intended for or used in writing.

   a writing table

Synonyms

• (written letters or symbols that express some meaning): text
• (something written): document, manuscript, text
• (work of an author): work
• (the style of writing of a person): hand, handwriting
• (intended for or used in writing): alphabet, character, ideogram, logogram, pictogram, script, syllabary, writing system

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Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English writinge, wrytynge, writende, writand, from Old English wr?tende, present participle of Old English wr?tan (“to scratch, carve, write”), equivalent to write +? -ing.

Verb

writing

1. present participle of write
   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     What are you doing? ? Um, I’m writing. ? You are writing! You are writing a lot!

Anagrams

• twiring

Old English

Etymology

From wr?tan +? -ing.

Noun

wr?ting f

1. writing

Declension

Derived terms

• wr?tingfeþer f (“pen”)

Descendants

• Middle English: writing, writyng, wryting, wrytyng
  • English: writing
  • Scots: writing

English

Etymology

From John Lyly's didactic romance Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578), +? -ism.

Noun

euphuism (countable and uncountable, plural euphuisms)

1. (uncountable) An ornate style of writing (in Elizabethan England) marked by the excessive use of alliteration, antithesis and mythological similes.
2. 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.

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