单词 | euphues |
释义 | Euphuesn. The name of the chief character in John Lyly's two works, Euphues, The Anatomy of Wit (1578), and Euphues and his England (1580). a. The book bearing that name. ΚΠ a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Honest Mans Fortune v. iii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Xxxxx3/2 The courtier..h'as nothing in him but a piece of Euphues, And twenty dozen of twelvepenny riband. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > use ornate language [verb (intransitive)] > Euphuize Euphuize1604 to speak Euphues1614 1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow sig. E8v Hee..speakes Euphues [printed Ephues; 1614 (3rd impr.) Euphues] not so gracefully as heartily. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1614 |
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