euphuistic
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In him we have another member of that interesting circle of Oxford euphuists, who continued their connexion in London under de Vere's patronage.
From John Lyly by Wilson, John Dover
Our euphuists may pass away like those of the Elizabethan era, or, like the best of them, live in spite of faults with which they were gratuitously trammelled.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 by Various
For the Italo-Provençal euphuists it supplied an artificial inspiration.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
In point of fact, however, the euphuists shared it with many other writers of their age, though it is doubtful whether anyone carried it to such extravagant lengths as Lyly.
From John Lyly by Wilson, John Dover
The Lexiphanes and A Purist Purized, satirizing the pedants and euphuists of Lucian's day, almost defy translation, and they must be accepted at best as an effort to give the general effect of the original.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)
