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

Her attitude was a credit to the extremes of euphuism.

From Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time by Hazelton, George C.

The idea that euphuism was originally an article of foreign production was first set on foot by Dr Landmann.

From John Lyly by Wilson, John Dover

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