euphuism

• Their mutual communication was all conducted in a peculiar style of language, the natural deterioration of which was into a kind of euphuism, such as English readers will remember to have seen exemplified in Walter Scott's Sir Piercie Shafton. —  Classic French Course in English
• Her style, instead of being clear and simple, as would have best suited her subject, is disfigured by the euphuism which was the fashion among writers of the last century. —  Mary Wollstonecraft
• The result became known as euphuism, and those who employed it as euphuists. —  Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy
• When Lodge wrote "Rosalynde," euphuism was already on the wane. —  Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy
• It may please those who pretend to culture without possessing even education; but this aristocratic affectation has no roots and it is doomed to wither swiftly, as one fad is ever fading away before another, as Asianism, euphuism, and Gongorism have withered in the past Fictitious reputations may be inflated for a little space; but all the while the public is slowly making up its mind; and the judgment of the main body is as trustworthy as it is enduring. —  Inquiries and Opinions

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