succinct Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite briefly giving the gist of something
    compact; summary; compendious.
    • a short and compendious book
    • a compact style is brief and pithy
    • succinct comparisons
    • a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject

WordNet

Suc*cinct" adjective
Etymology
L. succinctus, p.p. of succingere to gird below or from below, to tuck up; sub + cingere to gird. Cf. Cincture.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913