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concinnity

[ kuhn-sin-i-tee ]

noun

plural concinnities.
  1. Rhetoric.
    1. a close harmony of tone as well as logic among the elements of a discourse.
    2. an instance of this.
  2. any harmonious adaptation of parts.


concinnity

/ °ìÉ™²Ôˈ²õɪ²Ôɪ³Ùɪ /

noun

  1. a harmonious arrangement of parts, esp in literary works, speeches, etc
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Derived Forms

  • ³¦´Ç²Ôˈ³¦¾±²Ô²Ô´Ç³Ü²õ, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of concinnity1

1525–35; < Latin ³¦´Ç²Ô³¦¾±²Ô²Ô¾±³ÙÄå²õ, equivalent to concinn ( us ) concinnous + -¾±³ÙÄå²õ -ity
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of concinnity1

C16: from Latin ³¦´Ç²Ô³¦¾±²Ô²Ô¾±³ÙÄå²õ a skilful combining of various things, from ³¦´Ç²Ô³¦¾±²Ô²ÔÄå°ù±ð to adjust, of obscure origin
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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.

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The Wintersian virtue of concinnity become a principle of governance:

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In her new book “Corporate Concinnity in the Boardroom,†board expert Nancy Falls outlines the most common mistakes with boards, and I believe several of these apply to startups as well as to more mature companies as follows:

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Concinnity, kon-sin′i-ti, n. harmony: congruity: elegance.—adj.

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The tendency of his genius had never been, and at the end was less than ever, in the direction of concinnity.

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