concetto

English

Etymology

Italian, from Latin conceptus. See conceit.

Noun

concetto (plural concetti)

1. affected wit; a conceit

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Italian

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

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