Associations to the word «Euphuism»
Noun
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Wiktionary
EUPHUISM, noun. (uncountable) An ornate style of writing (in Elizabethan England) marked by the excessive use of alliteration, antithesis and mythological similes.
EUPHUISM, noun. An example of euphuism.
Dictionary definition
EUPHUISM, noun. Any artificially elegant style of language.
EUPHUISM, noun. 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.
Wise words
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for
people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or
ill.