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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 eu·phu·ism /ˈjufjəˌwɪzəm/
 夸飾文體,美麗的辭句,華麗的辭藻

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 eu·phu·ism n.  Rhet. An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 euphuism
      n 1: any artificially elegant style of language
      2: an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period;
         characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration
         and extended similes with and allusions to nature and
         mythology