Dictionary entry

Succinct

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.