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MARINISM

\məɹˈɪnɪzəm], \məɹˈɪnɪzəm], \m_ə_ɹ_ˈɪ_n_ɪ_z_ə_m]\

Definitions of MARINISM

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A bombastic literary style marked by the use of metaphors and antitheses characteristic of the Italian poet Giambattista Marini (1569-1625).

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A bombastic literary style marked by the use of metaphors and antitheses characteristic of the Italian poet Giambattista Marini (1569-1625).

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Affected style of It. Poet Marini (d. 1625). So Marinist n.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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