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Vinony

concise

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kənˈsaɪs/

adj

Etymology: From Latin concīsus (“cut short”), from concīdere (“cut to pieces”), from caedēre (“to cut, to strike down”).

  1. Brief, yet including all important information.
  2. Physically short or truncated.

    “This, however, must refer solely to the length; unfortunately they were far too broad in proportion (the fault I have always observed in them). This directly gives a slightly hoofish look, as in the concise Chinese feet.”

verb

Etymology: From Latin concīsus (“cut short”), from concīdere (“cut to pieces”), from caedēre (“to cut, to strike down”).

  1. To make concise; to abridge or summarize.