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euphuism

noun

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

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Word length
8
Starts with
E
Ends with
M
Contains
UP
Scrabble score
15

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noun

  1. 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

noun

  1. Any artificially elegant style of language

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