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      euphuism
      noun
      an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period
      any artificially elegant style of language
      Roots
      eueu- · Greek · good, welleuphuesphu- · Greek · well-grown, graceful (via Lyly's character Euphues)ismos-ism · Greek · practice, doctrine
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      The word euphuism breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: eu-, from Greek eu (“good, well”); phu, from Greek euphues (“well-grown, graceful (via Lyly's character Euphues)”); and -ism, from Greek ismos (“practice, doctrine”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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