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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
concetto .
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Examples
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Italians call concetti spiritosissimi; the Spaniards agudeze; and we, affectation and quaintness.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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English versification to be vitiated with Italian 'concetti'; and we should have been better pleased with his compositions in a foreign language, had they not induced him to corrupt his mother-tongue.
The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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The Aminto del Tasso, is much more what it is intended to be, a pastoral: the shepherds, indeed, have their 'concetti' and their antitheses; but are not quite so sublime and abstracted as those in Pastor Fido.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1750 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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The Aminto del Tasso, is much more what it is intended to be, a pastoral: the shepherds, indeed, have their 'concetti' and their antitheses; but are not quite so sublime and abstracted as those in Pastor Fido.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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PASTORAL 'SIMPLICITY, talk metaphysics, epigrams,' concetti ', and quibbles, by the hour to each other.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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PASTORAL 'SIMPLICITY, talk metaphysics, epigrams,' concetti ', and quibbles, by the hour to each other.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1750 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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Un “pezzo in forma libera da 2 minuti che ricorda i concetti di habitat, diversità, vita e gusto, per Maxhaus, un marchio brasiliano specializzato in loft personalizzati.”
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La metafora infettiva è un punto di vista interessante su come certi prodotti/soluzioni/servizi/concetti si propaghino tra le persone.
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The Aminto del Tasso, is much more what it is intended to be, a pastoral: the shepherds, indeed, have their concetti and their antitheses; but are not quite so sublime and abstracted as those in Pastor
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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From what I have said, you will easily guess that I meant to put you upon your guard; and not let your fancy be dazzled and your taste corrupted by the concetti, the quaintnesses, and false thoughts, which are too much the characteristics of the Italian and Spanish authors.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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