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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : yoo-fyoo-iz-uh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈyu fyuˌɪz əm |
Definition of euphuism
- noun inflation
- The euphuism of the foregoing quotation will be readily detected.
- Extract from : « John Lyly » by John Dover Wilson
- And so, though we cannot say that euphuism is verse, we can say that it partakes of the nature of verse.
- Extract from : « John Lyly » by John Dover Wilson
- With euphuism, antithesis and the use of balanced sentences came to stay.
- Extract from : « John Lyly » by John Dover Wilson
- With these general remarks we must leave the subject of euphuism.
- Extract from : « John Lyly » by John Dover Wilson
- The cry of art for art's sake is raised, and the result is extravagance, euphuism.
- Extract from : « John Lyly » by John Dover Wilson
- Equally unsatisfactory is the theory that euphuism was of purely Spanish origin.
- Extract from : « John Lyly » by John Dover Wilson
- Child, pp. 6–20, for an account of chief writers who have dealt with euphuism.
- Extract from : « John Lyly » by John Dover Wilson
- It was a euphuism to speak of a fling at you: it was a kick.
- Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin » by Charles Darwin
- To dine with Duke Humphrey is a euphuism for dining not at all.
- Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
- Euphuism did not attempt to render the simplicity of nature.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 » by Various
Synonyms for euphuism
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