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

Unfortunately for Lyly, what formerly constituted the attraction of "Euphues," and hid the sermon's bitterness, makes it to-day ridiculous and even odious: it is the style.

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

While the most glaring errors of the tropical Euphues are strained allegorical conceits, Shakspeare's fault is oftener the devising of subtle and unreal distinctions, or the ringing of fantastical changes upon words.

From A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy by Spalding, William

The same style is used in "Euphues shadow" in "Robin the divell," &c.:

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

His dramas are forgotten, but his prose romance, Euphues and his England, is remembered for the great influence it had upon the speech of the time.

From A Brief Handbook of English Authors by Adams, Oscar Fay