Definition of Euphuists

1. Noun. (plural of euphuist) ¹

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Definition of Euphuists

1. euphuist [n] - See also: euphuist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Euphuists

euphotometric
euphrasia
euphrasias
euphrasies
euphrasy
euphroe
euphroes
euphuise
euphuised
euphuises
euphuism
euphuisms
euphuist
euphuistic
euphuistically
euphuists
euphuize
euphuized
euphuizes
euphuizing
euphyllophyte
euphyllophytes
eupione
eupittone
eupittonic
euplasia
euplastic
euplastic lymph
euplastics
euplectella

Literary usage of Euphuists

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1904)
"CHAPTER X THE GROWTH OF CRITICISM AND ITS EFFECT ON POETRY : THE POETICAL Euphuists I HAVE said that the Miscellanies which appeared from time to time ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1856)
"A courage, in euphuistic talk, meant a gallant. It is so used by Sir Walter Scott in The Monastery, and put into the mouth of that prince of euphuists Sir ..."

3. Maitland of Lethington: And the Scotland of Mary Stuart by John Skelton (1887)
"I have divided them roughly into euphuists and realists: James the First and ... None of these poets, indeed, were euphuists in the sense in which John Lily ..."

4. Maitland of Lethington, and the Scotland of Mary Stuart: A History by John Skelton (1887)
"I have divided them roughly into euphuists and realists : James the First ... None of these poets, indeed, were euphuists in the sense in which John Lily ..."

5. The development of the English novel by Wilbur Lucius Cross (1899)
"Lyly was the founder of a school of romancers, wno, from their following the affectations of ' Euphues,' are known as Euphuists. With them all, language was ..."

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