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Webster 1913 Edition


Concetto


Con-cet′to

(?; It. ?)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Concetti
(#)
.
[It., fr. L.
conceptus
. See
Conceit
.]
Affected wit; a conceit.
Chesterfield.

Webster 1828 Edition


Concetto

CONCETTO

,
Noun.
[See Conceit.] Affected wit; conceit. [Not English, nor in use.]

Definition 2024


concetto

concetto

See also: concettò

English

Noun

concetto (plural concetti)

  1. affected wit; a conceit
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chesterfield to this entry?)

References

  • concetto in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Italian

Etymology

From Latin conceptus (received, caught; derived from; contained, held; adopted; conceived).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈt͡ʃɛtto/

Noun

concetto m (plural concetti)

  1. concept
  2. opinion
  3. idea
  4. (theater) In Italian comedy (Commedia dell'Arte), stock punch line learned by the performers for use in this improvisational form of theater.
  5. conceit a work full of orotund phrases and pompous concetti, affected wit

Anagrams


Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin conceptus (received, caught; derived from; contained, held; adopted; conceived).

Noun

concetto m (plural conciette)

  1. concept