Concetto

//kənˈt͡ʃɛtəʊ// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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" […]"

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conceit

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"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" […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian concetto, from Latin conceptus. See conceit and concept, which are doublets.

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