| 释义 |
gon·go·rism
\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 |