euphuism

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İngilizce - Türkçe
{i} süslü ifade
dilde aşırı yapmacık
dolambaçlı deyim
{i} dolambaçlı söz
{i} yapmacıklı bir dille yazma
İngilizce - İngilizce
An example of euphuism
An ornate style of writing (in Elizabethan England) marked by the excessive use of alliteration, antithesis and mythological similes
{i} artificially elegant and affected style of writing
An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction
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 any artificially elegant style of language
euphuism