concinnity
Americannoun
plural
concinnities-
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.
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
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
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.
Gorgias, it is said, was the first Orator who practised this species of concinnity.
From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by Jones, E.
There appears in it, however, perhaps too much, and certainly more than in the other orations, of what Lord Monboddo calls concinnity.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John
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