euphuistic

English

Etymology

euphu(ism) +‎ -istic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌjuːfjuˈɪstɪk/

Adjective

euphuistic

1. Of or pertaining to euphuism.
   • 1961, Harold Nicolson, “Sensibility”, in The Age Of Reason (non-fiction), Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →LCCN, page 401:

     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.”

   • 2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 13, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN:

     In English, curiously, the euphuistic use of “behind” (as in “Get off your behind”) to mean “buttocks” is turning this preposition into a body-part noun (which is rare).

Synonyms

• euphuistical