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Antonyms for euphuism


Grammar : Noun
Spell : yoo-fyoo-iz-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈyu fyuˌɪz əm



Definition of euphuism

  • noun inflation
Example sentences :
  • 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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