De Luis Góngora Y Eyes Gongorism Gong Uh Riz Uhm Noun

Gongorism /GONG-uh-riz-uhm/

noun

An affected literary style marked by intricate language and elaborate figures of speech.

[After Spanish baroque poet Luis de Góngora y Argote (1561-1627). Earliest documented use: 1813. Some Gongorisms from Luis de Góngora y Argote:

• La vida es ciervo herido, que las flechas le dan alas. (Life is a wounded stag in whom the fast-stuck arrows function as wings.)

• A batallas de amor, campo de pluma. (Feathers are love’s most fitting battle-ground.)]

“And the staggering Gongorisms! Shall the ship be called just ‘ship’? Perish the thought of such banality! Oh eyes, no eyes, but fountains fraught with tears!” - Aldous Huxley; Beyond the Mexique Bay; Chatto & Windus; 1934.