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Euphuism
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What's The Definition Of Euphuism?
[n] an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology
[n] any artificially elegant style of language Synonyms | Synonyms for Euphuism: Related Terms | Find terms related to Euphuism: affectation | affectedness | artfulness | artifice | artificiality | asiaticism | device | elegance | euphemism | exquisiteness | figurative language | figurativeness | figure | figure of speech | floridity | flourish | flower | flowery style | formalism | formality | Gongorism | goody-goodness | goody-goodyism | hyperelegance | image | imagery | manner of speaking | manneredness | mannerism | nonliterality | nonliteralness | ornament | overelaboration | overelegance | overniceness | overpreciseness | overrefinement | pedantry | preciosity | preciousness | precisianism | pretentiousness | purism | purple passage | trope | turn of expression | unnaturalness | way of speaking See Also | expressive style | prose | style Euphuism In Webster's Dictionary \Eu"phu*ism\, n. [Gr. ? well grown, graceful; ? well +
? growth, fr. ? to grow. This affected style of conversation
and writing, fashionable for some time in the court of
Elizabeth, had its origin from the fame of Lyly's books,
``Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit,'' and ``Euphues and his
England.''] (Rhet.)
An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of
language; high-flown diction.
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