10 Letter Words for Euphuistic
euphuistic
8 Letter Words for Euphuistic
euphuist, pithecus
7 Letter Words for Euphuistic
chipset, chusite, epicist, pitches, puistie
6 Letter Words for Euphuistic
cestui, chutes, cities, cueist, cushie, cuties, cutups, epithi, ethics, histie, iciest, itches, pectus, pietic, pistic, pitchi, pithes, pities, pucest, pushtu, putsch, schuit, schute, septic, shiite, spetch, stuphe, theics, tiches, tuchis, tusche, tushie, upshut, upties
5 Letter Words for Euphuistic
cesti, cetus, chest, chips, chits, chuet, chuse, chute, chuts, cites, cuish, cuits, cusie, cutes, cutie, cutis, cutup, epics, epist, ethic, etuis, eucti, heist, huies, iches, ictus, pechs, pecht, phies, phuts, pichi, picus, piest, piets, pishu, piste, pitch, piths, piute, puces, puist, scute, sepic, setup, shice, shipt, shtup, shute, sicht, sieth, sitch, sithe, spect, spice, spite, spute, stchi, stech, stich, stipe, stupe, suite, techs, teuch, theic, tices, tisic, upcut, upset, upsit, uptie
4 Letter Words for Euphuistic
ceps, cest, ceti, chip, chis, chit, chut, cist, cite, cits, cpus, cues, cuit, cups, cush, cusp, cust, cute, cuts, echt, ecus, epic, epit, etch, eths, etic, etui, heii, heps, hept, hesp, hest, hets, hics, hies, hipe, hips, hipt, hist, hits, hues, huic, huis, hups, huse, hust, huts, ices, ichs, ichu, ipse, isth, itch, iuus, pech, pecs, pehs, pest, pets, phis, phit, phut, pice, pich, pics, pict, pies, piet, pise, pish, pist, pith, pits, pius, psec, ptui, puce, push, puts, scet, scup, scut, sech, sect, seit, sept, seth, shet, ship, shit, shpt, shut, sice, sich, sipe, site, sith, siti, situ, spec, spet, spic, spie, spit, spue, sput, step, stie, stue, such, suci, suet, suit, supe, supt, tche, tchu, tech, this, thus, tice, tich, tics, ties, tipe, tips, tipu, tshi, tues, tuis, tupi, tups, tush, utch, utes, utis
3 Letter Words for Euphuistic
cep, che, chi, chs, cie, cis, cit, cpi, cps, cpt, cpu, csi, csp, cst, cte, cts, cue, cup, cut, ech, ect, ecu, ehs, epi, esc, esp, est, esu, etc, eth, hei, hep, hes, het, hic, hie, hip, his, hit, hts, hue, hui, hup, hut, ice, ich, ihi, ihp, ihs, iph, ips, ise, ish, ist, its, pci, pct, pec, peh, pes, pet, phi, pht, phu, pic, pie, pis, pit, piu, psi, pst, pte, pts, puh, pus, put, sch, sci, sct, sec, sei, sep, set, she, shi, shp, sht, sic, sie, sip, sit, spt, sue, sui, sup, tch, tcp, tec, tes, the, tic, tie, tip, tis, tiu, tph, tpi, tps, tsh, tsi, tsp, tue, tui, tup, uhs, uit, ups, use, ush, ust, usu, utc, ute, uti, uts, utu
Definitions for Euphuistic
[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 Euphuistic
euphuismbloated, swollen, overblown, inflated, superfluous, disproportionate, pretentious, grandiose, stilted, arty, hollow, exaggerated, turgid, pompous, showy, oratorical, vocal, labored, sonorous, formal
Words nearby Euphuistic
euphuismeuphrates, euphrates river, euphroe, euphrosyne, euphues, euphuism, euplastic, euplastic lymph, euploid, eupnea, eupnoea
Origin of Euphuistic
mFirst recorded in 1590–1600; Euphu(es) + -ism
Words that may be confused with Euphuistic
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, euphuismeuphemism, euphuism
Other words from Euphuistic
eu·phu·ist , noun
eu·phu·is·tic , eu·phu·is·ti·cal , adjective
eu·phu·is·ti·cal·ly , adverb
Word origin for Euphuistic
mC16: after Euphues, prose romance by John Lyly
Synonyms for Euphuistic
bloated, magnified, overblown, swollen, aggrandized, amplified, augmented, diffuse, dilated, distended, enlarged, extended, filled, grown, overestimated, puffed, ranting, spread, stretched, surcharged, aureate, bombastic, dropsical, flatulent, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, magniloquent, ostentatious, pompous, pretentious, prolix, pumped up, rhapsodical, rhetorical, showy, tumescent, tumid, turgid, verbose, windy, wordy
