Meaning Of The Word Euphuism
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Euphuism Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Euphuism?
euphuism in American English
the artificial, affected, high-flown style of speaking or writing used by John Lyly and his imitators, characterized by alliteration, balanced sentences, far-fetched figures of speech, etc. 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 euphuism in British English noun: an artificial prose style of the Elizabethan period, marked by extreme use of antithesis, alliteration, and extended similes and allusions |
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