‖ concetto
(konˈtʃɛtto)
Pl. -tti.
[It.:—L. cenceptum: see conceit.]
= conceit n. 8: a term originally proper to Italian literature.
| 1737 Common Sense (1738) I. 25 Prohibit all Concetti, and Luxuriancies of Fancy. a 1773 Chesterfield (T.), The shepherds have their concetti, and their antitheses. 1853 Kingsley A. Smith & A. Pope Misc. I. 276 Let..the concetti [be] as fanciful and far-fetched as possible. 1873 Symonds Grk. Poets x. 324 In the later Greek literature of the Sophists we find many very exquisite concetti. |