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 idea that euphuism was originally an article of foreign production was first set on foot by Dr Landmann.
From John Lyly by Wilson, John Dover
This brief survey of the framework of euphuism is far from being an exhaustive analysis.
From John Lyly by Wilson, John Dover
We can, however, dismiss this second branch of our subject in fewer words, because the problem of Euphues is much simpler and more straightforward than the problem of euphuism.
From John Lyly by Wilson, John Dover
