concettism
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English
Noun
concettism (usually uncountable, plural concettisms)
- 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.
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