English

Noun

concinnity ‎(countable and uncountable, plural concinnities)

1. (music) The harmonious reinforcement of the various parts of a work of art.
   • 1815, William Kirby and William Spence, “Preface”, in An Introduction to Entomology: Or Elements of the Natural History of Insects: with Plates, volume 1, 3^rd edition, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, published 1818, page xii:

     In the Terminology, or what, to avoid the barbarism of a word compounded of Latin and Greek, they would beg to call the Orismology of the science, they have endeavoured to introduce throughout a greater degree of precision and concinnity—dividing it into general and partial Orismology; […]

Usage notes

Although the concept of concinnity can apply to any object or situation, it is most commonly used in the discussion of music.

Antonyms

• inconcinnity

References

1. ↑ Henry Hitchings, The Secret Life of Words