concettism

English

Noun

concettism (usually uncountable, plural concettisms)

1. The use of concetti (witty turns of phrase).
   • 1873, Charles Kingsley, Plays and Puritans:

     There are those who think that, if mere concettism be a part of poetry, Quarles is as great a poet as Cowley or George Herbert, Vaughan or Withers.

References

• “concettism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.