| n. | 1. | 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 Hôtel Rambouillet. - J. A. Symonds. |