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euphuism n. 夸饰文体,美丽的辞句,华丽的词藻 夸饰文体,美丽的辞句,华丽的词藻 euphuism n 1: any artificially elegant style of language 2: 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 mythologyeuphuism \ eu" phu* ism\ ([= u]" f[- u]*[ i^] z' m), n. [ Gr. e' yfyh` s well grown, graceful; e' y^ well fyh` growth, fr. fy` ein to grow. This affected style of conversation and writing, fashionable for some time in the court of Elizabeth, had its origin from the fame of Lyly' s books, " Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit," and " Euphues and his England."] ( Rhet.) An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high- flown diction. [ 1913 Webster] 48 Moby Thesaurus words for " euphuism": Gongorism, affectation, affectedness, artfulness, artifice, artificiality, asiaticism, device, elegance, euphemism, exquisiteness, figurative language, figurativeness, figure, figure of speech, floridity, flourish, flower, flowery style, formalism, formality, goody- goodness, goody- goodyism, hyperelegance, image, imagery, manner of speaking, manneredness, mannerism, nonliterality, nonliteralness, ornament, overelaboration, overelegance, overniceness, overpreciseness, overrefinement, pedantry, preciosity, preciousness, precisianism, pretentiousness, purism, purple passage, trope, turn of expression, unnaturalness, way of speaking
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