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Gongorism

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.

Usage examples of "gongorism".

So in the seventeenth century the writers, exhausted by the mental effort of the Renaissance and prevented by the tyranny of kings and the domination of the church from occupying themselves with the great issues of life, turned their minds to gongorism, concettism and such-like toys.