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succinct

suc·cinct

UK/səkˈsɪŋ(k)t/ US/sə(k)ˈsɪŋ(k)t/ uncommon archaic obsolete

adjective

1.

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”
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Origin

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English succinte, succynt (“having one’s waist encircled with something, girdled; brief, concise, succinct”), borrowed from Old French succinct (modern French succinct), or directly from its etymon Latin succīnctus (“belted, girdled; enclosed or tightly wrapped; (figurative) concise, succinct; etc.”), the perfect passive participle of succingō (“to gather or tuck up with a belt, etc.”), from suc- (a variant of sub- (prefix meaning ‘under’), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upó (“from below; up”)) + cingō (“to encircle, surround; to gird”) (further etymology uncertain). The adverb is derived from the adjective.

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