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 Hotel Rambouillet.
J. A. Symonds.
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