euphuisticadj.
/juːfjuːˈɪstɪk/ Tending to or resembling euphuism; of the nature of euphuism; characterized by euphuism. Chiefly in inaccurate sense: Abounding in ‘highflown’ or affectedly refined expression.
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1828 T. Carlyle Goethe's Helena in Misc. Ess. (1888) I. 157 If indeed it is not a little euphuistic.
1842 E. Bulwer-Lytton Zanoni 21 Ears grown nice and euphuistic in the..dulcet melodies of the day.
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xvii. 448 He was intended to be a satire upon some euphuistic and bombastious characters..found in other plays of his time.
1871 R. F. Weymouth Euphuism 3 The most important element by far in the euphuistic style is antithesis.
1876 E. A. Abbott Bacon in Contemp. Rev. June 154 The..antithetical euphuistic prose of Essex.
Derivatives
euphuˈistical adj. = main sense.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > euphuistic or precious
quaintc1395
fine1576
romantic1653
precious1712
précieuse1785
tortuous1801
euphuistical1823
euphuistic1828
précieux1891
1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 14 521 Making an agreeable and euphuistical alliteration.
euphuˈistically adv.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adverb] > euphuistically
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1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. 5 A poem, most euphuistically entitled The Cherubic Wanderer.
1874 J. L. Motley Life John of Barneveld II. xxi. 391 The Advocate had, as it was euphuistically expressed, been looking towards the enemy.
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