Gongorism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gongorism \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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "Gongorism":
     affectation, affectedness, artfulness, artifice, artificiality,
     euphemism, euphuism, hyperelegance, manneredness, mannerism,
     overelaboration, overelegance, overniceness, overrefinement,
     preciosity, preciousness, pretentiousness, purism, unnaturalness