What does concetto mean?
Concetto means (literature) Affected wit; a witty turn of phrase; a conceit..
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/kənˈt͡ʃɛtəʊ/ · noun
(literature) 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" […]
But to restrict the concetto to an idea or concept gives short shrift to the metaphorical and sometimes occult implications of the term. Conceit as discors concordia involves the comparison of unlike things, the finding of similarity in dissimilarity.
Use concetto when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Concetto means (literature) Affected wit; a witty turn of phrase; a conceit..
Common synonyms include conceit.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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