Written or spoken in the elaborate, ornate style of euphuism, featuring complex wordplay and flowery language.
From euphuism plus the adjective-forming suffix '-ic'; describes language that exhibits the characteristics of euphuistic style.
When Shakespeare and other writers started making fun of euphuistic style, you know it had gotten too ridiculous—even in the 1590s, people were rolling their eyes at all that overwrought elegance!
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