English Explanatory Dictionary

euphuize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To write with euphuism.

Word forms

euphuize euphuizes euphuizing euphuized

Etymology

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

Related words

euphuism euphuistic
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