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  1. euphuisms: Merriam-Webster
  2. euphuisms: Collins English Dictionary
  3. euphuisms: Vocabulary.com
  4. euphuisms: Wiktionary
  5. euphuisms: Dictionary.com

(Note: See euphuism as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Euphuism)

noun:  (uncountable) An ornate style of writing (in Elizabethan England) marked by the excessive use of alliteration, antithesis and mythological similes.
noun:  (countable) An instance of euphuism.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of euphuism. [(uncountable) An ornate style of writing (in Elizabethan England) marked by the excessive use of alliteration, antithesis and mythological similes.]
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