Euphues

American  

[yoo-fyoo-eez] / ˈyu fyuˌiz /

noun

1. the main character in John Lyly's works Euphues, the Anatomy of Wit (1579), and Euphues and His England (1580).

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Example Sentences

Here, he discusses her prose style in relation to Euphuism, a form of writing that takes its name from John Lyly’s elaborately mannered 1578 didactic romance Euphues: The Anatomy of Wyt.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2013

This I will proudly boast ... that the vaine which I have ... is of my own begetting and cals no man father in England but myselfe, neither Euphues, nor Tarlton, nor Greene.

From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by Jusserand, J. J.

Tormented by examples, overwhelmed with similitudes, the adventurous reader, who to-day risks a reading of "Euphues," feels it impossible to keep his composure.

From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by Jusserand, J. J.

See also Dr. Landmann's "Der Euphuismus," Giessen, 1881; his edition of part of "Euphues," Heilbronn, 1887; and an article by Mr. S. L. Lee, Athenæum, July 14, 1883.

From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by Jusserand, J. J.

You might as well argue that Massinger wrote Euphues.

From Philip Massinger by Cruickshank, A. H.