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euphuistic
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
euphuistic
noun
(eu-phu-ism)
artificial elegance of language
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