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Gongorism definition

Gon·go·rism (gäŋ′gə riz′əm)

noun

a highly mannered Spanish literary style characterized by affected diction and strained figures of speech

Etymology: after the style of Luis de Góngora y Argote (1561-1627), Sp poet

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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