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euphuism
noun
(eu-phu-ism)
an elegant Elizabethan literary style marked by excessive use of balance, antithesis, and alliteration and by frequent use of similes drawn from mythology and nature
euphuism
noun
(eu-phu-ism)
artificial elegance of language
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tralation
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hypallage
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artistic style
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englishism
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hyperbaton
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onym
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ambage
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antiquarianism
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vulgar latin
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circumlocution
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euphemism
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anglicization
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early modern english
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modern english
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ideophone
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artificial language
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imagism
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basic english
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idioglossia
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annomination
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tautonym
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cockneyism
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prosal
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agnomination
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hispanism
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grandiloquence
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paradiastole
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paronym
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english sonnet
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onomatope
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dog latin
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sociolect
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latinism
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pathetic fallacy
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dysphemism
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heroic verse
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atticism
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subject case
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prosimetrical
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italicism
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kuchean
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alliteration
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loan translation
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etymon
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saxonism
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admeasurement
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italic language
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adnoun
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cacozelia
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ethnonym
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priapean
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low latin
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