euphuist


eu·phu·ism

E0239600 (yo͞o′fyo͞o-ĭz′əm)n.1. An affectedly elegant literary style of the late 1500s and early 1600s, characterized by elaborate alliteration, antitheses, and similes.2. Affected elegance of language.
[After Euphues, , a character in Euphues, the Anatomy of Wit and Euphues and his England by John Lyly, from Greek euphuēs, shapely : eu-, eu- + phuein, to grow, bring forth; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.]
eu′phu·ist n.eu′phu·is′tic, eu′phu·is′ti·cal adj.eu′phu·is′ti·cal·ly adv.