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literaryism
noun
lit·er·ary·ism
\-rēˌizəm\
Definition of literaryism
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: an instance of or tendency to use excessive refinement of expression in written compositions every literaryism … fritters away a scrap of the reader's patience — Ezra Pound
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First Known Use of literaryism
1879
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