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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: euphuism (0.01602 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to euphuism.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: euphuism
cara yg terlalu agung
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: euphuism
euphuism
n 1: any artificially elegant style of language
2: an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period;
characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration
and extended similes with and allusions to nature and
mythology
English → English (gcide)
Definition: euphuism
euphuism
\eu"phu*ism\ ([=u]"f[-u]*[i^]z'm), n. [Gr. e'yfyh`s
well grown, graceful; e'y^ well + fyh` growth, fr. fy`ein to
grow. This affected style of conversation and writing,
fashionable for some time in the court of Elizabeth, had its
origin from the fame of Lyly's books,
“Euphues, or the
Anatomy of Wit,” and
“Euphues and his England.”] (Rhet.)
An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of
language; high-flown diction.
[1913 Webster]
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