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suc⋅cinct

  [suhk-singkt]
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–adjective
1. expressed in few words; concise; terse.
2. characterized by conciseness or verbal brevity.
3. compressed into a small area, scope, or compass.
4. Archaic.
a. drawn up, as by a girdle.
b. close-fitting.
c. encircled, as by a girdle.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L succinctus, ptp. of succingere to gird, gather up (one's clothes), prepare for action, equiv. to suc- suc- + cing(ere) to gird, equip + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
suc⋅cinct⋅ly, adverb
suc⋅cinct⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. See concise.
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suc·cinct   (sək-sĭngkt')   
adj.   suc·cinct·er, suc·cinct·est
  1. Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; concise and terse: a succinct reply; a succinct style.
  2. Archaic Encircled as if by a girdle; girded.

[Middle English succincte, girt, from Old French, from Latin succīnctus, past participle of succingere, to gird from below : sub-, sub- + cingere, to gird; see kenk- in Indo-European roots.]
suc·cinct'ly adv., suc·cinct'ness n.
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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.

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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Language Translation for : succinct
Spanish: sucinto,
German: kurz und bündig,
Japanese: 簡潔な
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succinct 
1432, 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" + cingere "to gird" (see cinch). Sense of "compressed" first recorded c.1537.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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