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

The chief characteristics of genuine euphuism were extreme artificiality and numerous allusions to natural history embellished by imagination.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

He preserved, in a great measure, the dramatic tradition of John Lyly, and affected a kind of subdued euphuism.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

On the other hand, it is possible to trace a feeling towards euphuism among writers who were quite outside this group.

From John Lyly by Wilson, John Dover