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Gongorism
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What's The Definition Of Gongorism?Synonyms | Synonyms for Gongorism: Related Terms | Find terms related to Gongorism: affectation | affectedness | artfulness | artifice | artificiality | euphemism | euphuism | hyperelegance | manneredness | mannerism | overelaboration | overelegance | overniceness | overrefinement | preciosity | preciousness | pretentiousness | purism | unnaturalness See Also | Gongorism In Webster's Dictionary \Gon"go*rism\, n.
An affected elegance or euphuism of style, for which the
Spanish poet Gongora y Argote (1561-1627), among others of
his time, was noted.
Gongorism, that curious disease of euphuism, that broke
out simultaneously in Italy, England, and Spain. --The
Critic.
The Renaissance riots itself away in Marinism,
Gongorism, Euphuism, and the affectations of the
H[^o]tel Rambouillet. --J. A.
Symonds.
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