1. a person who writes or speaks in an ornate, elaborate, or affected style characterized by excessive use of metaphor and alliteration
Usage: often used critically or pejoratively; historical: associated with 16th-century English literature, particularly the style of John Lyly

Examples

• The euphuist's prose was so flowery that readers struggled to find the main point.
• Critics dismissed him as a euphuist for his excessive use of alliteration and metaphor.
• Her writing style, full of elaborate similes, earned her a reputation as a euphuist.
• The euphuist favored ornamental language over clarity and directness.
• His euphuist tendencies made even simple ideas sound unnecessarily complex.