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
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.