euphuism

Example Sentences

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"We're losing the war," he insists, adding with a flourish of Romneyesque euphuism: "The Viet Nam tail is wagging our global dog."

From Time Magazine Archive

Above all, none of the grandiosity and architectural euphuism of the American "signature" museum.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has shaken off the rather recondite euphuism of some of the earlier passages, and has become more human and familiar.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Spence, Lewis

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

From John Lyly by Wilson, John Dover

He continued therefore in this vein, writing with extreme facility and rapidity improbable love stories, with wars, kings, and princesses, with euphuism and mythology, with Danish, Greek, Egyptian and Bohemian adventures.

From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by Jusserand, J. J.