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GONGORA
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• GONGORA (noun)
The noun GONGORA has 1 sense:
1. a Spanish poet whose work was characterized by an affected elegance of style (1561-1627)
Familiarity information: GONGORA used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Spanish poet whose work was characterized by an affected elegance of style (1561-1627)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Gongora; Luis de Gongora y Argote
Instance hypernyms:
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
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