euphuize
euphuize verb: to write with euphuism.
Verb
euphuize (third-person singular simple present euphuizes, present participle euphuizing, simple past and past participle euphuized)
- To write with euphuism.
- It is this artificial character of the style, as much as anything, that has led the critics into a unanimity of scorn, and made them declare (to euphuize the burden of their observations) that they would sooner be content to forego the author's wisdom than constrained to undergo his wit […]1894, Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, The English Novel: Being a Short Sketch from the Earliest Times to the Appearance of Waverly
Forms of euphuize
| third-person singular present | euphuizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | euphuizing |
| past participle | euphuized |
| past | euphuized |
Origin of euphuize
From Euphu(es) + -ize, after the titular character in John Lyly’s didactic romance Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578); see euphuism for more.
Questions about euphuize
- What does euphuize mean?
- Euphuize means to write with euphuism.
- What part of speech is euphuize?
- Euphuize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of euphuize?
- The past tense of euphuize is euphuized.
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