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Concinnity   Listen
noun
Concinnity  n.  Internal harmony or fitness; mutual adaptation of parts; elegance; used chiefly of style of discourse. (R.) "An exact concinnity and eveness of fancy."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... N. elegance, purity, grace, ease; gracefulness, readiness &c adj.; concinnity^, euphony, numerosity^; Atticism^, classicalism^, classicism. well rounded periods, well turned periods, flowing periods; the right word in the right place; antithesis &c 577. purist [Slang]. V. point an antithesis, round a period. Adj. elegant, polished, classical, Attic, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



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