gongorism

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Gon=go=rism

CIDE DICTIONARY

gongorism, n. 

 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 Renaissance riots itself away in Marinism, Gongorism, Euphuism, and the affectations of the Hôtel Rambouillet."  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

THESAURUS

gongorism

affectation, affectedness, artfulness, artifice, artificiality, euphemism, euphuism, hyperelegance, manneredness, mannerism, overelaboration, overelegance, overniceness, overrefinement, preciosity, preciousness, pretentiousness, purism, unnaturalness