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Euphuistic

//ˌjuːfjuˈɪstɪk// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to euphuism.

    "James Harvey, a prominent Methodist, published his Meditation among Tombs in 1745. It contained many a euphuistic sentence as morbid as the following: “Instead of sumptuous tables and delicious treats, the poor voluptuary is himself a feast for fattened insects; the reptile riots in his flesh.”"

Etymology

From euphu(ism) + -istic.

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