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Definition of Euphuize
1. v. t. To affect excessive refinement in language; to be overnice in expression.
Definition of Euphuize
1. Verb. To affect excessive refinement in language; to be overnice in expression. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Euphuize
1. to write in an affected literary style [v EUPHUIZED, EUPHUIZING, EUPHUIZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Euphuize
Literary usage of Euphuize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Novel: Being a Short Sketch of Its History from the Earliest by Walter Alexander Raleigh (1904)
"It is this artificial character of the style, as much as anything, that has led
the critics into a unanimity of scorn, and made them declare (to euphuize ..."
2. The Rise of English Literary Prose by George Philip Krapp (1915)
"To euphuize was easy, but when the model could not be surpassed, was not greatly
creditable. The time was not yet come when English courtly writers could ..."
3. Putnam's Word Book: A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of by Louis Andrew Flemming (1913)
"... euphuistic, euphuize, euphemism, euphemistic, euphemize, charism, locution,
provincial, provincialism, localism, solecism, ..."
4. The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: A Study with the Text of the by William Shakespeare (1885)
"... out-euphuize Euphues himself if he would be ridiculous :—the digestion of all
these things in the retort of meditation will result, I would fain think, ..."
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