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euphuism

noun as in inflation

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There is more than a touch of Euphuism in Stevenson; he was never insincere, but he was consciously fine.

Much euphuism, much studied grace of manner, much formal assertion of scholarship, mingling with his force of imagination.

It was not the matter of Euphues, however, so much as the style which made it famous (see Euphuism).

Euphuism owes to him its name and its diffusion in England; but not, although it is usually so stated, its birth.

Cynthia's Revels has the same defects, but is to some extent saved by its sharp raillery of euphuism.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to euphuism, such as: bombast, delicacy, floridness, fustian, gongorism, and grandiloquence.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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