Usually means: Ornate, elaborate style in literature.
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  1. Gongorism, gongorism: Merriam-Webster
  2. Gongorism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Gongorism: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Gongorism: Vocabulary.com
  5. Gongorism: Wordnik
  6. Gongorism: Wiktionary
  7. Gongorism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. Gongorism: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Gongorism, gongorism: Dictionary.com
  10. Gongorism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. gongorism: FreeDictionary.org
  12. gongorism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Gongorism: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. Gongorism: Merriam-Webster

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  1. GONGORISM: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

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  1. gongorism: A Word A Day

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Gongorism)

▸ noun:  A florid literary style with many puns etc.

Similar:
Gongorist, goliardery, gonzoism, gormandizing, gunge, gnomism, gonging, gargoylishness, gourmandizing, gung, more...

Opposite:
anti-gongorism, anti-conceptismo, anti-baroque

Types:
bombast, fustian, palaver, blather, babble, twaddle, claptrap, bunkum, more...

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Similar:
Gongorist, goliardery, gonzoism, gormandizing, gunge, gnomism, gonging, gargoylishness, gourmandizing, gung, more...

Opposite:
anti-gongorism, anti-conceptismo, anti-baroque

Types:
bombast, fustian, palaver, blather, babble, twaddle, claptrap, bunkum, more...



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