euphuism

The euphuism of the foregoing quotation will be readily detected.

And so, though we cannot say that euphuism is verse, we can say that it partakes of the nature of verse.

With euphuism, antithesis and the use of balanced sentences came to stay.

With these general remarks we must leave the subject of euphuism.

The cry of art for art's sake is raised, and the result is extravagance, euphuism.

Equally unsatisfactory is the theory that euphuism was of purely Spanish origin.

Child, pp. 6–20, for an account of chief writers who have dealt with euphuism.

It was a euphuism to speak of a fling at you: it was a kick.

To dine with Duke Humphrey is a euphuism for dining not at all.

Euphuism did not attempt to render the simplicity of nature.