SUCCINCT

compendious, compact, succinct, summary

(adjective) briefly giving the gist of something; “a short and compendious book”; “a compact style is brief and pithy”; “succinct comparisons”; “a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

succinct (comparative more succinct, superlative most succinct)

brief and to the point

compressed into a tiny area.

(archaic) wrapped by, or as if by a girdle; closely fitting, wound or wrapped or drawn up tightly.

Synonyms

• concise

• laconic

• See also concise

Source: Wiktionary


Suc*cinct", a. Etym: [L. succinctus, p.p. of succingere to gird below or from below, to tuck up; sub + cingere to gird. Cf. Cincture.]

1. Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together. His habit fit for speed succinct. Milton.

2. Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise. Let all your precepts be succinct and clear. Roscommon. The shortest and most succinct model that ever grasped all the needs and necessities of mankind. South.

Syn.

– Short; brief; concise; summary; compendious; laconic; terse.

– Suc*cinct"ly, adv.

– Suc*cinct"ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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