Euphues

American  

[yoo-fyoo-eez] / ˈju fjuˌiz /

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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Euphues

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

But Johnson knows that the immediate source of the play is Thomas Lodge's Rosalynde, Euphues Golden Legacie.

From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by Smith, David Nichol

Euphues and his England began first that language.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various

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