Origin: Greek suffix -ism
Euphuism has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
any artificially elegant style of language
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
An ornate style of writing (in Elizabethan England) marked by the excessive use of alliteration, antithesis and mythological similes.