| euphuism | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. euphuism | any artificially elegant style of language. |
| ~ expressive style, style | a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period.; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper" |
| ~ gongorism | an affected elegance of style that was introduced into Spanish literature by the poet Gongora. |
| n. (communication) | 2. euphuism | 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. |
| ~ prose | ordinary writing as distinguished from verse. |
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