concetto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian concetto, from Latin conceptus. See conceit and concept, which are doublets.

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

Etymology

From Latin conceptus (“received, caught; derived from; contained, held; adopted; conceived”). It was also originally the past participle of concepire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈt͡ʃɛtto/

Noun

concetto m (plural concetti)

1. concept
2. opinion

   Synonym: opinione

3. idea
4. (theater, rhetoric) In Italian comedy (commedia dell'arte), stock punch line learned by the performers for use in this improvisational form of theater.

   Synonyms: vivezza, acutezza

5. conceit (work full of orotund phrases and pompous concetti, affected wit)

Anagrams

• concotte

Etymology

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

Noun

concetto m (plural conciette)

1. concept