concinnity

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The Word of the Day for February 5 is:

concinnity   \kun-SIH-nuh-tee\   noun
     : harmony or elegance of design especially of literary style in adaptation 
of parts to a whole or to each other 

Example sentence:
     Julia maintains that no modern play can rival the concinnity of the 
classical Greek tragedies.

Did you know?
     The Romans apparently found perfect harmony in a well-mixed drink. The 
cocktail in question was a beverage they called "cinnus," and so agreeably 
concordant did they find it that its name apparently inspired the formation of 
"concinnare," a verb meaning "to place fitly together." "Concinnare" gave rise 
to "concinnus," meaning "skillfully put together," which in turn fermented into 
"concinnitas." English speakers added the word to our mix in the 1500s as 
"concinnity."





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