euphuism
Example Sentences
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"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
Above all, none of the grandiosity and architectural euphuism of the American "signature" museum.
From Time Magazine Archive
And so, though we cannot say that euphuism is verse, we can say that it partakes of the nature of verse.
From John Lyly by John Dover Wilson
Landmann ascribes euphuism to Spain, Symonds ascribes it to Italy, and an equally good case might be made out in favour of France.
From John Lyly by John Dover Wilson
That lady was considered most proficient in euphuism who could keep up longest these chains of similes taken out of fabulous natural history.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
