SINCE 1828
literaryism
noun
lit·er·ary·ism
| \-rēˌizəm\
plural -s
Definition of literaryism
: 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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