Emily Dickinson Lexicon
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.]
- Fitness; suitableness; neatness. [Little used.]
- A jingling of words. – Tyrwhitt.
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