concetton.

Brit.

/kənˈtʃɛtəʊ/, U.S.

/kənˈtʃɛdoʊ/

Inflections: Plural concetti.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian concetto.

Etymology: < Italian concetto (see conceit n.). Compare earlier conceit n. 10.In plural form concetti after the Italian plural form.

Literary Criticism.

A fanciful, ingenious, or witty expression, metaphor, turn of thought, etc.; a conceit.Sometimes with specific reference to Italian literature.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] > fanciful expression

conceita1522

conception1643

concetto1692

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > use of conceits > conceit

crink1534

conceit1589

knack1605

conception1643

concetto1692

1692 J. Dunton Young-students-libr. 432/2 The most exact Truths, which banish all those extravagant thoughts, that are called Concetti.

1737 Common Sense (1738) I. 25 Prohibit all Concetti, and Luxuriancies of Fancy.

1750 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 8 Feb. in Lett. to Son (1774) I. 557 The shepherds [in the Aminta del Tasso], indeed, have their concetti, and their antitheses.

1853 C. Kingsley A. Smith & A. Pope in Misc. (1860) I. 276 Let..the concetti [be] as fanciful and far-fetched as possible.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets x. 324 In the later Greek literature of the Sophists we find many very exquisite concetti.

1913 Mod. Lang. Notes 28 168 Every now and then we meet..a concetto which comes directly from the Diana.

2005 E. Cropper Domenichino Affair v. 161 He opposed substituting affectation for substance, the proliferation of extravagant concetti and metaphors.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	concetto
释义	concetton. Brit. /kənˈtʃɛtəʊ/, U.S. /kənˈtʃɛdoʊ/ Inflections: Plural concetti. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian concetto. Etymology: < Italian concetto (see conceit n.). Compare earlier conceit n. 10.In plural form concetti after the Italian plural form. Literary Criticism. A fanciful, ingenious, or witty expression, metaphor, turn of thought, etc.; a conceit.Sometimes with specific reference to Italian literature. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] > fanciful expression conceita1522 conception1643 concetto1692 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > use of conceits > conceit crink1534 conceit1589 knack1605 conception1643 concetto1692 1692 J. Dunton Young-students-libr. 432/2 The most exact Truths, which banish all those extravagant thoughts, that are called Concetti. 1737 Common Sense (1738) I. 25 Prohibit all Concetti, and Luxuriancies of Fancy. 1750 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 8 Feb. in Lett. to Son (1774) I. 557 The shepherds [in the Aminta del Tasso], indeed, have their concetti, and their antitheses. 1853 C. Kingsley A. Smith & A. Pope in Misc. (1860) I. 276 Let..the concetti [be] as fanciful and far-fetched as possible. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets x. 324 In the later Greek literature of the Sophists we find many very exquisite concetti. 1913 Mod. Lang. Notes 28 168 Every now and then we meet..a concetto which comes directly from the Diana. 2005 E. Cropper Domenichino Affair v. 161 He opposed substituting affectation for substance, the proliferation of extravagant concetti and metaphors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1692
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