Now rare. [late L., ad. Gr.; see prec.] = prec.
1599. Broughton’s Lett., 19. Commilitones … is giuen by an Euphemismus of Captaines to their souldiers.
1657. J. Smith, Myst. Rhet., 224. Euphemismus,… a good change of a word, or a fair kind of speech.
1706. in Phillips.
1836. Sir H. Taylor, Statesman, xii. 85. Adherence to system or precedent, called by euphemismus adherence to principle.
