euphuism

/yoo-fyoo-iz-uhm/US // ˈyu fyuˌɪz əm //UK // (ˈjuːfjuːˌɪzəm) //

安乐主义,安乐死主义,安乐死,安乐窝

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : an affected style in imitation of that of Lyly, fashionable in England about the end of the 16th century, characterized chiefly by long series of antitheses and frequent similes relating to mythological natural history, and alliteration.Compare Euphues.
- : any similar ornate style of writing or speaking; high-flown, periphrastic language.

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Synonyms

There is more than a touch of Euphuism in Stevenson; he was never insincere, but he was consciously fine.
Much euphuism, much studied grace of manner, much formal assertion of scholarship, mingling with his force of imagination.
It was not the matter of Euphues, however, so much as the style which made it famous (see Euphuism).
Euphuism owes to him its name and its diffusion in England; but not, although it is usually so stated, its birth.
Cynthia's Revels has the same defects, but is to some extent saved by its sharp raillery of euphuism.

/yoo-fyoo-iz-uhm/US // ˈyu fyuˌɪz əm //UK // (ˈjuːfjuːˌɪzəm) //

安乐主义,安乐死主义,安乐死,安乐窝

n.名词 noun

1
- : an affected style in imitation of that of Lyly, fashionable in England about the end of the 16th century, characterized chiefly by long series of antitheses and frequent similes relating to mythological natural history, and alliteration.Compare Euphues.
- : any similar ornate style of writing or speaking; high-flown, periphrastic language.

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Synonyms

There is more than a touch of Euphuism in Stevenson; he was never insincere, but he was consciously fine.
Much euphuism, much studied grace of manner, much formal assertion of scholarship, mingling with his force of imagination.
It was not the matter of Euphues, however, so much as the style which made it famous (see Euphuism).
Euphuism owes to him its name and its diffusion in England; but not, although it is usually so stated, its birth.
Cynthia's Revels has the same defects, but is to some extent saved by its sharp raillery of euphuism.