succinct

succinct
succinct early 15c., "having one's belt fastened tightly," from M.Fr. succincte, from L. succinctus "prepared, ready, contracted, short," pp. of succingere "tuck up (clothes for action), gird from below," from sub "up from under" (see SUB- (Cf. sub-)) + cingere "to gird" (see CINCH (Cf. cinch)). Sense of "brief, concise" first recorded early 15c.

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  • succinct — succinct, incte [ syksɛ̃, ɛ̃t ] adj. • 1491; lat. succinctus « court vêtu », de succingere « retrousser » ♦ Qui est dit, écrit en peu de mots. ⇒ 1. bref, 1. court, schématique, sommaire. « L auteur y mêlait au récit succinct du mouvement quelques …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • succinct — succinct, incte (su ksin, ksin t ; quelques uns disent, à tort, su ksinkt au masculin en faisant sentir le t) adj. 1°   Qui a peu de paroles, par opposition à prolixe. Un discours succinct. Une relation succincte. •   Voilà les principales choses …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • succinct — SUCCINCT, [succ]inte. adj. Court, bref. Il est opposé à Prolixe: & il ne se dit proprement que du discours. Un discours succinct. une relation succincte. faites un memoire succinct. On dit figur. & par raillerie, qu Un repas est succinct, qu il… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Succinct — 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. [1913 Webster] His habit fit for speed succinct. Milton.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Succinct — (v. lat.), 1) gegürtet; daher Succinctorium, j. Bruchband; 2) kurz, kurzgefaßt, gedrängt, körnig …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • succinct — I adjective abbreviated, brews, brief, compact, compendious, concise, condensed, curt, epigrammatic, expressed in few words, irreducible, laconic, pauciloquent, pithy, sententious, short, summary, synoptic, terse, to the point, trenchant II index …   Law dictionary

  • succinct — terse, *concise, laconic, summary, pithy, compendious Analogous words: *brief, short: compressed, condensed, contracted (see CONTRACT vb): compact, *close: curt, brusque, blunt (see BLUFF) Antonyms: discursive …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • succinct — [adj] brief, to the point blunt, boiled down*, breviloquent, brusque, compact, compendiary, compendious, concise, condensed, curt, cut to the bone*, in a nutshell*, in few words*, laconic, pithy, short, summary, terse; concept 267 Ant. lengthy,… …   New thesaurus

  • succinct — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ briefly and clearly expressed. DERIVATIVES succinctly adverb succinctness noun. ORIGIN from Latin succingere tuck up …   English terms dictionary

  • succinct — [sək siŋkt′] adj. [ME, girdled, girded < L succinctus, prepared, short, contracted, pp. of succingere, to gird, tuck up, prepare < sub ,SUB + cingere, to gird: see CINCH] 1. clearly and briefly stated; terse 2. characterized by brevity and… …   English World dictionary

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