Marinism

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

  Marinism \Ma*ri"nism\, n.
     A bombastic literary style marked by the use of metaphors and
     antitheses characteristic of the Italian poet Giambattista
     Marini (1569-1625). -- {Ma*ri"nist}, n.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]