euphuistically
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euphuistically — adverb see euphuism … New Collegiate Dictionary
euphuistically — eu·phu·is·ti·cal·ly … English syllables
euphuistically — adverb see euphuism * * * euphuistˈically adverb • • • Main Entry: ↑Euphuism … Useful english dictionary
euphuism — noun Etymology: Euphues, character in prose romances by John Lyly Date: 1592 1. an elegant Elizabethan literary style marked by excessive use of balance, antithesis, and alliteration and by frequent use of similes drawn from mythology and nature… … New Collegiate Dictionary
euphuistic — [yo͞o΄fyo͞o is′tik] adj. of, having the nature of, or characterized by euphuism SYN. BOMBASTIC euphuistical adj. euphuistically adv. * * * See euphuist. * * * … Universalium
euphuism — euphuist, n. euphuistic, euphuistical, adj. euphuistically, adv. /yooh fyooh iz euhm/, n. 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… … Universalium
euphuism — [ ju:fjʊɪz(ə)m] noun formal an artificial, highly elaborate way of writing or speaking. Derivatives euphuist noun euphuistic adjective euphuistically adverb Origin C16: with ref. to the elevated style of John Lyly s prose romance Euphues … English new terms dictionary
euphuism — /ˈjufjuɪzəm/ (say yoohfyoohizuhm) noun 1. an affected style in imitation of that of John Lyly, 1554?–1606, author of Euphues, Anatomy of Wit (1579) and Euphues and his England (1580), fashionable in England about the end of the 16th century,… …
euphuistic — [yo͞o΄fyo͞o is′tik] adj. of, having the nature of, or characterized by euphuism SYN. BOMBASTIC euphuistical adj. euphuistically adv … English World dictionary
euphuism — n. an affected or high flown style of writing or speaking. Derivatives: euphuist n. euphuistic adj. euphuistically adv. Etymology: Gk euphues well endowed by nature: orig. of writing imitating Lyly s Euphues (1578 80) … Useful english dictionary
