| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| euphuism |
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| SYLLABICATION: | eu·phu·ism |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  y  fy- z  m |
| NOUN: | 1. An affectedly elegant literary style of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, characterized by elaborate alliteration, antitheses, and similes. 2. Affected elegance of language. | | ETYMOLOGY: | After Euphues, a character in Euphues, the Anatomy of Wit and Euphues and his England by John Lyly, from Greek euphu s, shapely : eu-, eu- + phuein, to grow, bring forth; see bheu- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | euphu·ist —NOUN
euphu·istic, euphu·isti·cal —ADJECTIVE
euphu·isti·cal·ly —ADVERB
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