euphuismn.

/ˈjuːfjuːɪz(ə)m/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s euphueisme, 1800s euphueism.

Etymology: < euphue v. + -ism suffix.

a. The name of a certain type of diction and style which originated in the imitation of Lyly's Euphues (see Euphues n.), and which was fashionable in literature and in the conversation of cultivated society at the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th cent. Hence applied to any similar kind of affectation in writing or speech, and (loosely) to affectedly periphrastic or ‘high-flown’ language in general.The chief features of ‘euphuism’ in the narrow sense are: the continual recurrence of antithetic clauses in which the antithesis is emphasized by means of alliteration; the frequent introduction of a long string of similes all relating to the same subject, often drawn from the fabulous qualities ascribed to plants, minerals, and animals; and the constant endeavour after subtle refinement of expression. The sense in which (except in books on literary history) the word is now commonly used, is chiefly suggested by the absurd bombast which Scott puts into the mouth of Sir Piercie Shafton (who is described as a ‘Euphuist’) in The Monastery: this caricature, however, bears very little resemblance to the genuine ‘euphuism’. Some loose uses of the word can hardly be accounted for except by supposing that the writers (recognizing the familiar prefix eu-) had the notion that its etymological sense was ‘fine talking’ or something equivalent.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > euphuism or preciousness

euphuism1592

quaintness1603

miminy-piminy1818

preciosity1867

preciousness1884

1592 G. Harvey Third Let. 34 What hee is improued since, excepting his good olde Flores Poetarum, and Tarletons surmounting Rhetorique, with a little Euphuisme, and Greenesse inough.

1632 E. Blount in J. Lyly Sixe Court Comedies Ep. Ded. All our Ladies were then his Schollers; And that Beautie in Court, which could not Parley Euphueisme, was as little regarded; as shee which now there, speakes not French.

1820 W. Scott Monastery II. ii. 48 When Euphuism is out of fashion.

1841–4 R. W. Emerson Nature in Wks. (1906) I. 227 As soon as men begin to write on nature, they fall into euphuism.

1852 C. J. Lever Daltons I. xxvii. 225 Her perfumed little notes, written in a style of euphuism all her own.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §7. 427 The pedantry of Euphuism was giving way to the pedantry of Scriptural phrases.

b. transferred. Affected elegance in dress, etc.This curious use is found also in French; see Littré.

ΚΠ

1824 New Monthly Mag. 10 493 Their own frippery euphueism of dress and manner.

2. An instance of euphuism; a euphuistic phrase or composition.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > euphuism or preciousness > instance of

quaintnessc1390

euphuism1871

1871 R. F. Weymouth Euphuism 13 I take a euphuism..as signifying a particular form of expression characteristic of Lilie's prose.

1884 E. P. Hood in Christian World 21 Aug. 629/2 Hymn-writers..whose frigid euphuisms have found their names in Mr. Miller's large catalogue.

3. Used for euphemism n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > euphemism

euphemism1656

genteelism1849

euphemy1857

euphuisma1865

nice nellyism1933

a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) II. viii. 83 ‘If anything did—go wrong, you know,’ said Cynthia, using an euphuism for death.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. v. 127 Those are your roundabout euphuisms that dress up swindling till, etc.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	euphuism
释义	euphuismn. /ˈjuːfjuːɪz(ə)m/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s euphueisme, 1800s euphueism. Etymology: < euphue v. + -ism suffix. 1. a. The name of a certain type of diction and style which originated in the imitation of Lyly's Euphues (see Euphues n.), and which was fashionable in literature and in the conversation of cultivated society at the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th cent. Hence applied to any similar kind of affectation in writing or speech, and (loosely) to affectedly periphrastic or ‘high-flown’ language in general.The chief features of ‘euphuism’ in the narrow sense are: the continual recurrence of antithetic clauses in which the antithesis is emphasized by means of alliteration; the frequent introduction of a long string of similes all relating to the same subject, often drawn from the fabulous qualities ascribed to plants, minerals, and animals; and the constant endeavour after subtle refinement of expression. The sense in which (except in books on literary history) the word is now commonly used, is chiefly suggested by the absurd bombast which Scott puts into the mouth of Sir Piercie Shafton (who is described as a ‘Euphuist’) in The Monastery: this caricature, however, bears very little resemblance to the genuine ‘euphuism’. Some loose uses of the word can hardly be accounted for except by supposing that the writers (recognizing the familiar prefix eu-) had the notion that its etymological sense was ‘fine talking’ or something equivalent. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > euphuism or preciousness euphuism1592 quaintness1603 miminy-piminy1818 preciosity1867 preciousness1884 1592 G. Harvey Third Let. 34 What hee is improued since, excepting his good olde Flores Poetarum, and Tarletons surmounting Rhetorique, with a little Euphuisme, and Greenesse inough. 1632 E. Blount in J. Lyly Sixe Court Comedies Ep. Ded. All our Ladies were then his Schollers; And that Beautie in Court, which could not Parley Euphueisme, was as little regarded; as shee which now there, speakes not French. 1820 W. Scott Monastery II. ii. 48 When Euphuism is out of fashion. 1841–4 R. W. Emerson Nature in Wks. (1906) I. 227 As soon as men begin to write on nature, they fall into euphuism. 1852 C. J. Lever Daltons I. xxvii. 225 Her perfumed little notes, written in a style of euphuism all her own. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §7. 427 The pedantry of Euphuism was giving way to the pedantry of Scriptural phrases. b. transferred. Affected elegance in dress, etc.This curious use is found also in French; see Littré. ΚΠ 1824 New Monthly Mag. 10 493 Their own frippery euphueism of dress and manner. 2. An instance of euphuism; a euphuistic phrase or composition. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > euphuism or preciousness > instance of quaintnessc1390 euphuism1871 1871 R. F. Weymouth Euphuism 13 I take a euphuism..as signifying a particular form of expression characteristic of Lilie's prose. 1884 E. P. Hood in Christian World 21 Aug. 629/2 Hymn-writers..whose frigid euphuisms have found their names in Mr. Miller's large catalogue. 3. Used for euphemism n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > euphemism euphemism1656 genteelism1849 euphemy1857 euphuisma1865 nice nellyism1933 a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) II. viii. 83 ‘If anything did—go wrong, you know,’ said Cynthia, using an euphuism for death. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. v. 127 Those are your roundabout euphuisms that dress up swindling till, etc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1592
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