\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.