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 word "cheering," indeed, is but an euphuism, and in no way expresses the serrated yell, composed of epithets, advice, and imprecations, that was flung like a live thing at the oncoming boats.
From Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Martin Ross
There is truth in all these hypotheses, but each misses the true significance of the matter, which is that euphuism must have come, and would have come, without any question of borrowing.
From John Lyly by John Dover Wilson
Its name is quaint, for so was its discoverer, Luke Fox, a worthy man, addicted much to euphuism.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
