Concetto

Quick meaning: Concetto is a noun meaning (literature) Affected wit; a witty turn of phrase; a conceit.

Meaning

(literature) Affected wit; a witty turn of phrase; a conceit.

Example Sentences

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.

Word Forms

• concetti

Synonyms for concetto

Depending on context, synonyms include conceit.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include conceit, concettism, conception, notion, theory, cogitation.

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