concetto

noun

con·​cet·​to

kənˈchet(ˌ)ō

plural concetti

-t(ˌ)ē

: a conceit especially in literary style

a work full of orotund phrases and pompous concetti

Word History

Etymology

Italian, from Late Latin conceptus thought

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