词汇 | guevarism |
词源 | Guevarism; euphuism. Spanish writer and moralist Antonio de Guevara (ca. 1480–1545) has been regarded as the father of euphuism, for which his name is equivalent. But euphuism, an ornate, artificial writing or speaking style characterized by al- literation, eloquence, and high-flown phrases, was coined more than a century after his death. Euphuism takes its name from Euphues: the Anatomy of Wit (1579) by John Lyly, who dis- played such a style in his book in an attempt to “soften” the En- glish language, Euphues being the name of the main character in his romance. Guevara may have been among Lyly’s inspira- tions, for the Spanish author’s The Golden Book of Marcus Aure- lius (1535) and other works were translated early into English. |
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