Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun euphuism

2 senses of euphuism

Sense 1
euphuism -- (any artificially elegant style of language)
       => expressive style, style -- (a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper")

Sense 2
euphuism -- (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)
       => prose -- (ordinary writing as distinguished from verse)