ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌrizəm noun
( -s )
Etymology: Spanish gongorismo, from Luis de Góngora y Argote + Spanish -ismo -ism
1. usually capitalized : a Spanish literary style especially associated with the poet Góngora and his imitators characterized by a studied obscurity of meaning and expression and by extensive use of metaphorical imagery, exaggerated conceits, paradoxes, neologisms, and other ornate devices — compare euphuism
2.
a. : an excessively involved, ornate, and artificial style of writing
her sheer virtuosity as a creator of images seems on the verge of gongorism — Saturday Review
b. : an instance of such a style
a swaggering rhetorician who … has to stop and search for the appropriate gongorism — Malcolm Cowley
• gon·go·ris·tic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|ristik adjective