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单词 euphuism
释义
eu·phu·ism (yfy-ĭzəm)
n.
1. An affectedly elegant literary style of the late 1500s and early 1600s, characterized by elaborate alliteration, antitheses, and similes.
2. Affected elegance of language.

[After Euphues, a character in Euphues, the Anatomy of Wit and Euphues and his England by John Lyly, from Greek euphuēs, shapely : eu-, eu- + phuein, to grow, bring forth; see bheuə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

euphu·ist n.
euphu·istic, euphu·isti·cal adj.
euphu·isti·cal·ly adv.
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