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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an affected elegance of style that was introduced into Spanish literature by the poet Gongora;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Gongorism n 1: an affected elegance of style that was introduced into Spanish literature by the poet Gongora
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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