euphuist

See also: Euphuist

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Euphues +‎ -ist, after the titular character in John Lyly’s didactic romance Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578); see euphuism for more.

Noun

euphuist (plural euphuists)

  1. Someone who writes with euphuism.

References

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