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EUPHUIZE — [Verb] To compose or declaim in an excessively ornate, artificial style marked by balanced clauses, intricate antitheses, classical allusions, and relentless alliteration, as exemplified by euphuism. From Euphues, the titular character in John Lyly's 1578 romance 'Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit', from Greek ευφυής (euphuēs, "graceful, witty") + the English verbal suffix -ize. Unlike "ornate" (which describes language that is elaborately decorated but unbound by Lyly's specific rhetorical machinery) or "florid" (which indicates a general showiness of expression), to euphuize is to adopt a distinct, formalized system of verbal artifice. It is the sound of balanced clauses locking into place with a precise click, the weary clatter of proverbial wisdom repeated until the thought evaporates, and the spectacle of emotion smothered by the very drapery meant to adorn it—a poignant testament to the fear of being direct, and the great contradiction of using supreme artifice in the pursuit of persuasive grace.