Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: compact, compendious, concise, summary

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