| Pronunciation: | | 'suksingkt
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[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" |
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SUCCINCT is a 8 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | compact, compendious, concise, summary |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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.
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