concinnity

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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

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

But there are likewise certain forms of expression, which have such a natural concinnity, as will necessarily have a similar effect to that of regular numbers.

From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by Jones, E.

But what can be more insipid, more frivolous, or more puerile, than that very concinnity of expression which he actually acquired?"—"But still we wish to resemble the Attic Speakers."—"Do so, by all means.

From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by Jones, E.