(n.) An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.

Gongorism affectation affectedness artfulness artifice artificiality asiaticism device elegance euphemism exquisiteness figurative language figurativeness figure figure of speech floridity flourish flower flowery style formalism formality goody-goodness goody-goodyism hyperelegance image imagery manner of speaking manneredness mannerism nonliterality nonliteralness ornament overelaboration overelegance overniceness overpreciseness overrefinement pedantry preciosity preciousness precisianism pretentiousness purism purple passage trope turn of expression unnaturalness way of speaking