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