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—Gongorist, n. —Gongoristic, adj./gong"geuh riz'euhm, gawng"-/, n.imitation of the ornate and intricate style of Góngora y Argote.[1805-15; < Sp gongorismo. See GÓNGORA Y ARGOTE, -ISM]
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gongorism — GONGORÍSM s.n. Stil afectat, preţios, excesiv metaforic, care caracterizează unele producţii literare. – Din fr. gongorisme. Trimis de gall, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 GONGORÍSM s. (lit.) culteranism, cultism. (gongorismul a apărut în Spania.)… … Dicționar Român
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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gongorism — [gäŋ′gə riz΄əm] n. [after the style of Luis de Góngora y Argote (1561 1627), Sp poet] a highly mannered Spanish literary style characterized by affected diction and strained figures of speech … English World dictionary
Gongorism — noun Etymology: Spanish gongorismo, from Luis de Góngora y Argote died 1627 Spanish poet Date: 1813 a literary style characterized by studied obscurity and by the use of various ornate devices • gongoristic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Gongorism — noun A florid literary style with many puns etc … Wiktionary
Gongorism — Synonyms and related words: affectation, affectedness, artfulness, artifice, artificiality, euphemism, euphuism, hyperelegance, manneredness, mannerism, overelaboration, overelegance, overniceness, overrefinement, preciosity, preciousness,… … Moby Thesaurus
gongorísm — s. n … Romanian orthography
gongorism — gon·go·rism … English syllables
Gongorism — Gon•go•rism [[t]ˈgɒŋ gəˌrɪz əm, ˈgɔŋ [/t]] n. lit. a literary style characterized by ornateness of language and artificiality of diction • Etymology: 1805–15; < Sp gongorismo, after the style of Luis de Góngora y Argote (1561 1627), Spanish… … From formal English to slang
Gongorism — noun an affected elegance of style that was introduced into Spanish literature by the poet Gongora • Hypernyms: ↑euphuism … Useful english dictionary
