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euphuism
[ yoo-fyoo-iz-uhm ]
noun
- 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.
- any similar ornate style of writing or speaking; high-flown, periphrastic language.
euphuism
/ 藞箩耻藧蹿箩耻藧藢瑟锄蓹尘 /
noun
- an artificial prose style of the Elizabethan period, marked by extreme use of antithesis, alliteration, and extended similes and allusions
- any stylish affectation in speech or writing, esp a rhetorical device or expression
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Derived Forms
- 藞别耻辫丑耻颈蝉迟, noun
- 藢别耻辫丑耻藞颈蝉迟颈肠, adjective
- 藢别耻辫丑耻藞颈蝉迟颈肠ally, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 别耻顎僷丑耻路颈蝉迟 noun
- 别耻顎卲丑耻路颈蝉顎僼颈肠 别耻顎卲丑耻路颈蝉顎僼颈路肠补濒 adjective
- 别耻顎卲丑耻路颈蝉顎僼颈路肠补濒路ly adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of euphuism1
C16: after Euphues, prose romance by John Lyly
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Sir Charles Eastlake, in whose election to the Presidency the Queen and Prince had been much interested, had not brought oratorical euphuism to the same perfection as his successor, Lord Leighton.
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He preserved, in a great measure, the dramatic tradition of John Lyly, and affected a kind of subdued euphuism.
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He has shaken off the rather recondite euphuism of some of the earlier passages, and has become more human and familiar.
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His language soars into the wildest hyperboles and euphuisms.
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Its name is quaint, for so was its discoverer, Luke Fox, a worthy man, addicted much to euphuism.
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