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Definition of Euphuistic
1. a. Belonging to the euphuists, or euphuism; affectedly refined.
Definition of Euphuistic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to euphuism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Euphuistic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Euphuistic
Literary usage of Euphuistic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1900)
"It is evident here, as in many other instances, that the accent was placed on
the second syllable of " aspect." V. euphuistic ..."
2. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1903)
"I have already described the general characteristics of Lyly's euphuistic
dialogue ;* the following specimen, taken from his Mydas, ..."
3. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1904)
"... appreciated the euphuistic style, and the dedications to Dryden's plays are
all composed in a modification of this manner, contrasting strongly with the ..."
4. Shakspere's Predecessors in the English Drama by John Addington Symonds (1900)
"V. Greene's transient Popularity—euphuistic Novels— Specimens of his Lyrics—Facility
of Lyric Verse in England.—VI. Greene's Plays betray the Novelist -None ..."
5. John Lyly and Euphuism by Clarence Griffin Child (1894)
"L II. j& 'euphuistic Rhetoric. Before we pass on to make such few notes as may
suggest themselves with reference to the formal peculiarities of Lyly's prose ..."
6. Poetic and Verse Criticism of the Reign of Elizabeth by Felix Emmanuel Schelling (1891)
"And first from The Schoole of Abuse, in which we shall be compelled somewhat to
curtail the euphuistic wealth of strange comparison. ..."
7. A Literary History of the English People from the Renaissance to the Civil by Jean Jules Jusserand (1906)
"The style survived last in set speeches, aiming at effect ; Shakespeare derided
this ridicule when he made Falstaff address Prince Hal in the euphuistic ..."
8. The Jerningham Letters (1780-1843): Being Excerpts from the Correspondence by Frances Dillon Jerningham (1896)
"We find in them the soul unveiled with an understood reckoning on sympathy, and
above all an absence of those euphuistic conventions which obscure the ..."
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