Marinism
(məˈriːnɪz(ə)m)
[f. Marini + -ism.]
The affected style of writing characteristic of the Italian poet Giovanni Battista Marini (d. 1625).
| 1867 Pall Mall G. No. 813. 1007/2 Euphuism and Marinism. 1886 Symonds Renaiss. It., Cath. React. I. ii. 71 The Renaissance riots itself away in Marinism, Gongorism, Euphuism, and the affectations of the Hôtel Rambouillet. |