euphuistic (ufuistik)

[ Craik, Hist. Eng. Lang., I. 473. The euphuistic style was an exaggeration of the "Italianating taste which had begun with the revival of our poetical literature in the days of Henry VIII., but to which Lyly was the first to give full expre ion in prose. A. W. Ward, Eng. Dram. Lit., I. 157. euphuistically (ū-fu-is'ti-kal-i), adv . In a euphuistic manner. A most bland and euphuistically flattering note. Carlyle , in Froude, II. 42. euphuize (ū'fū-iz), v. i.; pret. and pp. euphuized , ppr. euphuizing . [As euphu -ism + -ize.] To expre one's self by euphuism; use an affectedly fine and delicate style. If thou Euphuize , which once was rare, And of all English phrase the life and blood, I'll say thou borrow'st. ... Middle ton , Father Hubbard's Tales. euphyllum (u-fil'um), n.; pl. euphylla (-a). [NL., εὐ , well, + φύλλον = L. folium , leaf.] A true or foliage leaf, in distinction from cat a phyllum , prophyllum , etc. eupion, eupione (u-pi'on, -ōn), n. [ nus of geometrid moths with non-tufted thorax and narrow wings. It is of great extent, comprising over 100 species, more than 80 of which are European, oth. ers being found in Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and North America. E. sub not at a is a well-known English species. Some are called pugs; thus, E. venosata is the netted pug; E. pulchellata, the foxglove-pug.