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 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

Dr. Blecker used no delicate euphuism in talking of women, which, maybe, was as well.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 by Various

In both answers I think there is truth; and I hope to show that they give us, when combined, a fairly adequate explanation of the vogue of euphuism in our country.

From John Lyly by Wilson, John Dover