succinct
adjective
- clear and concise
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /səkˈsɪŋ(k)t/ / /sə(k)ˈsɪŋ(k)t/
adj
Etymology: 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.
- Encircled by, or as if by, a girdle; drawn up or wrapped tightly.
“Near-synonyms: bundled up, cinched, engirdled, girdled”
“The Tovvne is moſt beautified, by a vaſt Garden of the Kings, ſuccinct vvith a great tovvred mud-vvall, larger than the Circuit of the Citie.”
- Encircled by, or as if by, a girdle; drawn up or wrapped tightly.
- Of clothes: not loose; close-fitting, tight-fitting.
“[W]ings he vvore / Of many a colourd plume ſprinkl'd vvith Gold, / His habit fit for ſpeed ſuccinct, and held / Before his decent ſteps a Silver vvand.”
“Four Knaves in garbs ſuccinct, a truſty band, / Caps on their heads, and halberds in their hand; […]”
- Compressed into a small area; compact.
“Unlike general lossless data compression algorithms, succinct data structures retain the ability to use them in-place, without decompressing them first.”
“The admirable and inimitable feature of Man, ſupplied and adorned vvith the innumerable teſtimonies of a Deitie: inſomuch, that not vvithout great cauſe hee is ſtiled a little and ſuccinct vvorld vvithin himſelfe; in vvhom there is a perſpicuous knovvledge to diſtinguiſh good from euill, vvhich is the rule by vvhich to direct all the neceſſarie actions of humane life: […]”
- Of an action, etc.: lasting a short time; brief, curt.
“Then ſuddenly, and vvith a ſuccinct bovv, bidding them all good bye, he took a haſty leave; […]”
“With the rope round their neck, their destiny may be succinct!”
- Of speech or writing: brief and to the point; concise.
“You should give clear, succinct information to the clients.”
“[…] Apollo himſelfe loveth brevitie, and is in his oracles verie ſuccinct and pithy; […]”
adv
Etymology: 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.
- Synonym of succinctly (“briefly, concisely”).
“Very largely haue I inueighed againſt this vice [gluttony] elſvvhere, vvherefore heere I vvill truſſe it vp more ſurcinct;^([sic – meaning succinct]) […]”