euphuist

Noun

Meaning

One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; -- applied esp. to a class of writers, in the age of Elizabeth, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fop coquette actor charlatan pedant artificial lump purist deceiver pedagogue rhetorician flatterer bleu doctrinaire mannerist
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Antonyms

misfit radical eccentric militant dissident dissenting
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Close letter words and terms

euphthiracarid euphuise euphuism euphuistic euphuistical euphuistically