Usually means: Artificially elegant; excessively ornate language.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word euphuistic:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. euphuistic: Merriam-Webster
  2. euphuistic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. euphuistic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. euphuistic: Wordnik
  5. euphuistic: Wiktionary
  6. euphuistic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. Euphuistic, euphuistic: Dictionary.com
  8. Euphuistic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. euphuistic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Euphuistic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. euphuistic: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Euphuistic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. euphuistic: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. euphuistic: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to euphuism.

Similar:
euphuistical, euphemistic, euphenic, euphorogenic, Euphratean, euploid, eulogetic, euhemeristic, eudaemonistic, eudaemonic, more...

Opposite:
plain, simple, straightforward, unadorned, direct

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Similar:
euphuistical, euphemistic, euphenic, euphorogenic, Euphratean, euploid, eulogetic, euhemeristic, eudaemonistic, eudaemonic, more...

Opposite:
plain, simple, straightforward, unadorned, direct



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