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Showing words for EUPHUISM using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Euphuism

euphuism

7 Letter Words for Euphuism

humpies

6 Letter Words for Euphuism

humpie, pumies, pushum, sepium

5 Letter Words for Euphuism

hemps, hiems, huies, humps, humus, musie, phies, pishu, pisum, piums, pumie, semih, spume, sumph, umphs

4 Letter Words for Euphuism

emus, hemp, hems, heps, hesp, hies, himp, hims, hipe, hips, hues, huis, hump, hums, hups, huse, imps, ipse, iuus, mesh, meus, mips, muse, mush, pehs, phis, pies, pise, pish, pium, pius, push, semi, shem, shim, ship, sime, simp, sipe, sium, spie, spue, sumi, sump, supe, suum, umph, umps

3 Letter Words for Euphuism

ehs, emp, ems, emu, epi, esm, esp, esu, hei, hem, hep, hes, hie, him, hip, his, hue, hui, hum, hup, ihp, ihs, imp, imu, iph, ipm, ips, ise, ish, ism, meh, mei, mes, meu, mis, mph, msh, mus, peh, pes, phi, phu, pie, pis, piu, pms, psi, puh, pus, sei, sem, sep, she, shi, shp, sie, sim, sip, sue, sui, sum, sup, uhs, ume, ump, ums, umu, ups, use, ush, usu

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

euphemism, 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