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Definitions for Euphuism
[1] an affected style in imitation of that of Lyly, fashionable in England about the end of the 16th century, characterized chiefly by long series of antitheses and frequent similes relating to mythological natural history, and alliteration. Compare Euphues.
[2] any similar ornate style of writing or speaking; high-flown, periphrastic language.
[3] an artificial prose style of the Elizabethan period, marked by extreme use of antithesis, alliteration, and extended similes and allusions
[4] any stylish affectation in speech or writing, esp a rhetorical device or expression
Words related to Euphuism
grandiloquence, rhetoric, bombast, delicacy, wordiness, pomposity, fustian, Gongorism, purism
Words nearby Euphuism
euphrates, euphrates river, euphroe, euphrosyne, euphues, euphuism, euplastic, euplastic lymph, euploid, eupnea, eupnoea
Origin of Euphuism
First recorded in 1590–1600; Euphu(es) + -ism
Words that may be confused with Euphuism
Other words from Euphuism
eu·phu·ist , noun
eu·phu·is·tic , eu·phu·is·ti·cal , adjective
eu·phu·is·ti·cal·ly , adverb
Word origin for Euphuism
C16: after Euphues, prose romance by John Lyly
Synonyms for Euphuism
Gongorism, bombast, delicacy, floridness, fustian, grandiloquence, pomposity, purism, rhetoric, wordiness