euphuism
Example Sentences
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Above all, none of the grandiosity and architectural euphuism of the American "signature" museum.
From Time Magazine Archive
"We're losing the war," he insists, adding with a flourish of Romneyesque euphuism: "The Viet Nam tail is wagging our global dog."
From Time Magazine Archive
The euphuism, to which his famous Lyly. romance gave its name, likewise distinguishes his mythological,172 quasi-historical,173 allegorical,174 and satirical175 comedies.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
He has shaken off the rather recondite euphuism of some of the earlier passages, and has become more human and familiar.
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Spence, Lewis
Dr. Blecker used no delicate euphuism in talking of women, which, maybe, was as well.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 by Various
