an artificial and ornate style of writing or speaking
As soon as men begin to write on nature, they fall into euphuism — Ralph Waldo Emerson
euphuist noun
euphuistic /-ʹistik/ adj
euphuistically /-ʹistikli/ adv
[named after Euphues, character who used such a style in prose romances by John Lyly d.1606, English writer]