麗れい句く

noun

elegant phrase; beautiful expression

A refined or graceful phrase, often used in literary or poetic contexts. Can appear in the compound 美辞麗句 (びじれいく) meaning flowery words or rhetoric.

• 彼かれのスピーチは美び辞じ麗れい句くに満みちていた。

  His speech was full of flowery phrases.

• この詩しには麗れい句くが多おおく使つかわれている。

  This poem uses many elegant phrases.