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concinnity

[ kuhn-sin-i-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural con·cin·ni·ties.

Rhetoric.
1. a close harmony of tone as well as logic among the elements of a discourse.
2. an instance of this.
any harmonious adaptation of parts.

concinnity

/ kənˈsɪnɪtɪ /

1525–35; < Latin concinnitās, equivalent to concinn ( us ) concinnous + -itās -ity

C16: from Latin concinnitās a skilful combining of various things, from concinnāre to adjust, of obscure origin

Our text seems finer and deeper, and to put the thought with more concinnity.

The tendency of his genius had never been, and at the end was less than ever, in the direction of concinnity.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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