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
Cynthia's Revels has the same defects, but is to some extent saved by its sharp raillery of euphuism.
From A History of Elizabethan Literature by George Saintsbury
Poor Tony was bitten by the absurdities of euphuism, and his lines are mere nonsense.
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence
The euphuism, to which his famous Lyly. romance gave its name, likewise distinguishes his mythological,172 quasi-historical,173 allegorical,174 and satirical175 comedies.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
