Euphuism is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for EUPHUISM in dictionary:

NOUN:
• an affected literary style
• an artificial, highly elaborate way of writing or speaking.
• An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.
• any artificially elegant style of language
• an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology
• artificial prose style of the Elizabethan period
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• an artificially elegant style of speech or writing
• artificial prose style of the Elizabethan period, marked by extreme use of antithesis, alliteration, and extended similes and allusions

Words related to EUPHUISM

euphuisms16 euphuist13 euphuistic17 euphuistical19 euphuistically24 euphuists14

Words that contain EUPHUISM

euphuisms16

How to use EUPHUISM in a sentence

• The horrible maltreatment of women in India, which it would be an unpardonable euphuism to call simply ungallant, will be dwelt on in a later chapter.
• The Renaissance riots itself away in Marinism, Gongorism, Euphuism, and the affectations of the Hotel Rambouillet.
• And with this pretty little instance of courtly and courteous euphuism we pass from the first to the second and most important act in the play.
• The very marked Euphuism of the prose portions, combined with some lyrical merit, makes the composition worth notice, and has led to its ascription to the pen of Lyly himself.
• To this brilliant study, and in particular to the treatment of Euphuism and Arcadianism, I am deeply indebted.

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