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‖ euphemismus Now rare.|juːfiːˈmɪzməs|
[late L., ad. Gr.; see prec.]
= prec.
1599Broughton's Lett. 19 Commilitones..is giuen by an Euphemismus of Captaines to their Souldiers. 1657J. Smith Myst. Rhet. 224 Euphemismus..a good change of a word, or a fair kind of speech. 1706in Phillips. 1836Sir H. Taylor Statesman xii. 85 Adherence to system or precedent, called by euphemismus adherence to principle. |