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concetti

concetti is the plural of concetto.

Meaning of concetto

Noun

concetto (plural concetti)

  1. Affected wit; a witty turn of phrase; a conceit.
    • Tasso in particular, Mirollo notes, treated the concetto "as the equivalent in a lyric poem of plot in longer works." Pellegrino, similarly, and with reference to Tasso, says that concetti "are the soul and the form of a composition" […]1997, James Biester, Lyric Wonder: Rhetoric and Wit in Renaissance English Poetry, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 32
    Synonyms:
    conceit

Questions about concetti

What is concetti the plural of?
Concetti is the plural of concetto.

Words near concetti in the dictionary

  1. concessor
  2. concessors
  3. concessory
  4. concestor
  5. concestors
  6. concetti
  7. concettism
  8. concettisms
  9. concetto
  10. Concești
  11. conch

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