Euphuism

[ju:fjuizm]

解释:

(noun.) an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology.

(noun.) any artificially elegant style of language.

整理:默尔--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.

编辑:兰尼

同义词及近义词：

n. Purism, finical style, fastidious delicacy (in the use of language), affected elegance.

手打:罗莎琳德

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Affectation, pedantry, purism, highflying, finicality, factitiousness

ANT:Simplicity, rusticity, bluntness, naturalness, mother_tongue, vernacular

整理:卢修斯

解释:

n. an affected and bombastic style of language: a high-flown expression.—v.i. Eu′phuise.—n. Eu′phuist.—adj. Euphuist′ic.

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