concettism
(kəʊnˈtʃɛtɪz(ə)m)
[f. concetto + -ism.]
Use of or fondness for concetti in literature.
| 1854 Fraser's Mag. XLIX. 140 Some artificial and Byzantine despotism, in which thought becomes pedantry, and poetry stereotyped concettism. 1859 Kingsley Plays & Puritans (1873) 64 If mere concettism be a part of poetry, Quarles is as great a poet as Cowley or George Herbert. |