English-Thai Dictionary
euphuism
N การ ประพันธ์ แบบ หนึ่ง ใน ศตวรรษ ที่ 16 และ 17 ที่ มี การ ใช้ โวหาร แบบ ต่างๆ มากเกินไป kan-pra-pan-baeb-nueng-nai-sad-ta-wad-ti-16 lae-17 ti-me-kan-chai-wo-han-baeb-tang-tang-mak-koen-pai
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
EUPHUISM
Eu "phu *ism, n. Etym: [Gr. Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit, " and "Euphues and his England. "] (Rhet.)
Defn: An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.
New American Oxford Dictionary
euphuism
eu phu ism |ˈyo͞ofyəˌwizəm ˈjufjəwɪzəm | ▶noun formal an artificial, highly elaborate way of writing or speaking. DERIVATIVES eu phu ist noun, eu phu is tic |ˌyo͞ofyəˈwistik |adjective, eu phu is ti cal ly |ˌyo͞ofyəˈwistik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Euphues, the name of a character in John Lyly's prose romance of the same name (1578 –80 ), from Greek euphuēs ‘well endowed by nature, ’ from eu ‘well ’ + the base of phuē ‘growth. ’
Oxford Dictionary
euphuism
euphuism |ˈjuːfjʊɪz (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] formal an artificial, highly elaborate way of writing or speaking. DERIVATIVES euphuist noun, euphuistic |-ˈɪstɪk |adjective, euphuistically |-ˈɪstɪk (ə )li |adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Euphues, the name of a character in John Lyly's prose romance of the same name (1578 –80 ), from Greek euphuēs ‘well endowed by nature ’, from eu ‘well ’ + the base of phuē ‘growth ’.
Duden Dictionary
Euphuismus
Eu phu is mus Substantiv, maskulin Literaturwissenschaft , der |Euphu i smus |der Euphuismus; Genitiv: des Euphuismus, Plural: die Euphuismen englisch euphuism, nach dem Roman »Euphues « (1578 ) des englischen Dichters J. Lyly (1553 /54 –1606 )1 ohne Plural schwülstiger Stil [in der englischen Literatur der Barockzeit ]2 euphuistischer Ausdruck, euphuistische Passage o. Ä.