- gongoristic
- adjective see Gongorism
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
gongoristic
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Gongoristic — See Gongorism. * * * … Universalium
gongoristic — gon·go·ris·tic … English syllables
gongoristic — adjective see gongorism * * * Gongorisˈtic adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑Gongorism … Useful english dictionary
Gongorism — noun Etymology: Spanish gongorismo, from Luis de Góngora y Argote died 1627 Spanish poet Date: 1813 a literary style characterized by studied obscurity and by the use of various ornate devices • gongoristic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Gongorism — Gongorist, n. Gongoristic, adj. /gong geuh riz euhm, gawng /, n. imitation of the ornate and intricate style of Góngora y Argote. [1805 15; < Sp gongorismo. See GÓNGORA Y ARGOTE, ISM] * * * … Universalium
Hernández, Miguel — ▪ Spanish author born Oct. 30, 1910, Orihuela, Spain died March 28, 1942, Alicante Spanish poet and dramatist who combined traditional lyric forms with 20th century subjectivity. A goatherd in his youth, Hernández joined the Spanish… … Universalium
Spanish literature — Introduction the body of literary works produced in Spain. Such works fall into three major language divisions: Castilian, Catalan, and Galician. This article provides a brief historical account of each of these three literatures and… … Universalium
Spanish-American Literature — • The literature produced by the Spanish speaking peoples of Mexico, Central America, Cuba and adjacent islands, and of South America with the notable exceptions of Brazil (whose speech is Portuguese) and the Guianas Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin… … Catholic encyclopedia
affected — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Johnsonian, Marinistic, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, afflicted, agonized, apocryphal, artificial, assumed, attacked, awkward, bastard, bedizened, big sounding, bogus, brummagem, canting, chichi,… … Moby Thesaurus
artificial — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Marinistic, affected, apocryphal, assumed, bastard, bogus, brummagem, colorable, colored, concocted, contrived, counterfeit, counterfeited, cute, distorted, dressed up, dummy, elaborate,… … Moby Thesaurus
