Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The use of affected wit or concetti.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The use of concetti or affected conceits.
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- noun The use of
concetti , oraffected conceits .
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Examples
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So in the seventeenth century the writers, exhausted by the mental effort of the Renaissance and prevented by the tyranny of kings and the domination of the church from occupying themselves with the great issues of life, turned their minds to gongorism, concettism and such-like toys.
The Summing Up Maugham, W Somerset 1938
jmjarmstrong commented on the word concettism
JM is an avowed fan of concettism.
February 4, 2011