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Ma`ri´nism

n.

1.

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

Marinism

a 17th-century Italian literary style marked by forced antitheses and elaborate metaphors. — Marinist, n.

See also: Literary Style

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