euphuist
euphuist is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; -- applied esp. to a class of writers, in the age of Elizabeth, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- alliteration
- alliterative
- altiloquence
- altiloquent
- antithesis
- antithetical
- artificial
- bombast
- bombastic
- declamation
- declamatory
- elegance
- euphemism
- euphemistic
- euphuism
- euphuistic
- figurative
- fine
- flaming
- flashy
- florid
- floridness
- flourish
- flowery
- flowing
- flown
- frothy
- fustian
- grandiloquent
- grandiose
- high
- high-sounding
- inelegant
- inflated
- inflation
- inversion
- lamp
- macrology
- mad
- magniloquent
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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