About The Word Succinct
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Succinct
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What's The Definition Of Succinct?
[adj] 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"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Succinct: compact | compendious | concise | summary Related Terms | Find terms related to Succinct: See Also | Succinct In Webster's Dictionary \Suc*cinct"\, a. [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.
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