Definition for CON-CIN'NI-TY

CON-CIN'NI-TY, n. [L. concinnitas, from concinnus, fit, concinno, to fit or prepare; either from con and cano, to sound in accord; or the last constituent of the word may be the Heb. and Ch. כון, to fit or adapt.]

  1. Fitness; suitableness; neatness. [Little used.]
  2. A jingling of words. – Tyrwhitt.

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