a. rare. [f. Gr. εὔφημ-ος fair of speech, also well reputed (f. εὐ- EU- + φήμη speaking, fame) + -(I)OUS.] a. = EUPHEMISTIC. b. That has a reputable name.
1867. L. Campbell, trans. Plato’s Polit., Introd. 50. He may have recourse to the more ‘euphemious’ plan of emigration.
Hence Euphemiously adv. = EUPHEMISTICALLY.
1853. Fraser’s Mag., XLVII. 683. The ‘poets’ had ‘mounted their horse,’ as getting drunk was euphemiously called by that polite people.
1884. B. Nicholson, in Athenæum, 28 June, 824/3. It is euphemiously said to be a ‘change of three letters.’
