Hypertext Webster Gateway: "succinct"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Succinct \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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" [syn: {compendious}, {compact},
{summary}]
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