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Definition: EUPHUISTIC

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Belonging to the euphuists, or euphuism; affectedly refined.[Websters]
2. Being bombastic, grandiloquent, overblown or high-sounding. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being florid, flowery or ornate. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Being inflated or swollen. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Being stilted or high-flown.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Euphuistic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1891. (references)

Definition: EUPHUISTIC

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Belonging to the euphuists, or euphuism; affectedly refined.[Websters]
2. Being bombastic, grandiloquent, overblown or high-sounding. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being florid, flowery or ornate. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Being inflated or swollen. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Being stilted or high-flown.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "EUPHUISTIC" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1891. (references)