Category:Succinct

Suc*cinct", a. Etym: [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.