Euphuistn.
/ˈjuːfjuːɪst/ An imitator of the style of expression characteristic of Lyly's Euphues; one whose writing or speech is characterized by euphuism n.
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Euphuist1820
1820 W. Scott Monastery II. ii*. 64 There he found the Euphuist in the same elegant posture of abstruse calculation which he had exhibited on the preceding evening.
1828 T. B. Macaulay John Dryden It is needless to mention Sidney and the whole tribe of Euphuists.
1871 R. F. Weymouth Euphuism 3 Shakespeare does not call Don Adriano a euphuist; nor is he such.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §5. 392 Elizabeth was the most affected and detestable of Euphuists.
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