Of speech, language, etc.: carefully or ingeniously elaborated; highly elegant or refined; clever, smart; (in later use also) affected. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > euphuistic or precious (9) quaintc1395 Of speech, language, etc.: carefully or ingeniously elaborated; highly elegant or refined; clever, smart; (in later use also) affected. Obsolete. fine1576 Of language, speech, or writing: affectedly or excessively elaborate; ornate, florid. romantic1653 Of language, style, etc.: suitable for a romance; esp. overblown, euphuistic, flowery. Now rare. precious1712 Aiming at or affecting refinement in manners, language, etc.; fastidious, particular. Now usually depreciative: over-delicate, over-fastidious… précieuse1785 Over-refined; affectedly fastidious in taste and language. Cf. precious, adj. 3. tortuous1801 figurative. Not direct or straightforward; indirect, irregular, devious, circuitous, crooked: esp. in a moral sense. (In quot. 1801 apparently… euphuistical1823 = main sense. euphuistic1828 Tending to or resembling euphuism; of the nature of euphuism; characterized by euphuism. Chiefly in inaccurate sense: Abounding in ‘highflown’ or… précieux1891 = precious, adj. 3. Cf. précieuse, adj. |
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