culteranismo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish culteranismo.

Noun

culteranismo (uncountable)

  1. (literature) A literary style during the Baroque period of Spain, characterized by a very ornamental, ostentatious vocabulary and a message that is complicated by a sea of metaphors and complex syntactical order.
    Synonym: cultism

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kulteɾaˈnismo/ [kul̪.t̪e.ɾaˈniz.mo]
  • Rhymes: -ismo
  • Syllabification: cul‧te‧ra‧nis‧mo

Noun

culteranismo m (plural culteranismos)

  1. (literature) culteranismo

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