concinnity
Americannoun
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Rhetoric.
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a close harmony of tone as well as logic among the elements of a discourse.
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an instance of this.
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any harmonious adaptation of parts.
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Origin of concinnity
1525–35; < Latin concinnitās, equivalent to concinn ( us ) concinnous + -itās -ity
Example Sentences
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Novak was delighted by this concinnity, and even more delighted by the treatments on offer that day at the storefront franchise spa concept.
From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2021
The Wintersian virtue of concinnity become a principle of governance:
From The New Yorker • Mar. 11, 2019
But what can be more insipid, more frivolous, or more puerile, than that very concinnity of expression which he actually acquired?"—"But still we wish to resemble the Attic Speakers."—"Do so, by all means.
From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by Jones, E.
The ancient Orators, a considerable time before it was practised and recommended by Isocrates, were fond of using it; and particularly Gorgias, whose measured cadences are generally owing to the mere concinnity of his language.
From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by Jones, E.
But there are likewise certain forms of expression, which have such a natural concinnity, as will necessarily have a similar effect to that of regular numbers.
From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by Jones, E.
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