pithyadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɪθi/, U.S.

/ˈpɪθi/

Forms: Middle English–1500s pythy, Middle English– pithy, 1500s piththie, 1500s pyththy, 1500s pythye, 1500s–1600s pithie, 1700s pithsie, 1800s– peathy (English regional (Cornwall)); Scottish pre-1700 pethe, pre-1700 pithie, pre-1700 piththie, pre-1700 pitthie, pre-1700 1700s– pithy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pith n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < pith n. + -y suffix¹.

1. Full of strength or vigour; vigorous, powerful, strong; substantial. Now rare (chiefly Scottish in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adjective]

mightyeOE

strongOE

bigc1300

boldc1300

fort13..

steer13..

steevec1300

valiant1303

stalwortha1340

fortin1340

strengthfula1382

stout1390

pithya1400

tora1400

mighteda1470

strengthyc1485

forcy1488

nervy1598

nervous1616

whipcordy1856

Tarzanesque1933

Tarzan-like1943

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of things, qualities, etc.

pithya1400

vive1477

lustful1561

vigorous1637

vivid1650

high-strung1653

buoyantc1661

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > strong

strongeOE

stalec1300

mainc1400

nappyc1460

starkc1485

nase?1536

huff-cap1599

nippitatum1600

intoxicating1604

inebriating1610

distempering1613–18

inebriative1615

toxing1635

hogen mogen1653

napping1654

humming1675

hard1700

inebriousa1704

ebrietating1711

bead-proof1753

steeve1801

high-proof1810

pithy1812

stiff1813

inebriant1828

reverent1837

a little more north1864

ebriating1872

rorty1950

the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [adjective] > specifically of liquids

clammy1541

grumous1665

slabby1676

pithy1876

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 9384 (MED) For yee haf..wel herd O þe begining o þis werld..For sun and mone..Had seuensith mare þan now o light, And al-king thing was þan to trow Wel pithier [a1400 Göt mihtier] þan þai ar now.

1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 282 Pythy, vbi strange.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 320/2 Pythy stronge, puissant.

c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 6 The pithie Paladine.

1591 R. Bruce Serm. Edinb. (Isa. xxxviii. 22) sig. O7^v To support his beleefe, he vseth ane externall object: For the maa and the mair pithie the objects be, the mair our faith is walkened and confirmed.

1634 G. Markham Art of Archerie ix. 84 A strong pithie kinde of Shooting.

a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 144 On mair pithy shanks they stood.

1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair ii. xix. 33 Some are flush'd with horns of pithy ale.

1876 A. C. Swinburne Let. 10 Jan. (1960) III. 112 A sea without rocks or cliff,..water thick and pithy with sand.

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 236 Pithy, of persons: In good or easy circumstances; prosperous.

a. Of language or style: full of concentrated meaning; conveying meaning forcibly through brevity of expression; concise, succinct; condensed in style; pointed, terse, aphoristic.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective]

sensiblea1393

eloquent1393

rhetoricc1450

mightya1500

pithy1529

grave1541

pithful1548

weighty1560

sappy1563

emphatical1567

fasta1568

thwacking1567

forceful1571

enforceable1589

energetical1596

eloquious1599

sinewy1600

emphatic1602

sinewed1604

strong1604

tonitruous1606

nervose1645

nervous1663

energetic1674

energic1683

strong1685

cogent1718

lapidary1724

forcible1726

authoritative1749

terse1777

telling1819

vigorous1821

sturdy1822

tonitruant1861

meaty1874

vertebrate1882

energized1887

jawy1898

heavy1970

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adjective] > concise and forcible

pithy1529

pithful1548

sappy1563

fasta1568

compact1576

close1670

terse1777

1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. x^v The sore pyththy poynt where wyth he knytteth vppe all hys heuy matter.

1531 W. Tyndale Expos. 1 John (1537) 93 It is a shorte and pythy sentence to moue or admonyse.

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (ii. 5) Very piththie is this pronown I.

1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. i. x. f. 25^v As readily haue vnderstood short and pithy speeches, as they haue beene quicke and quaintly deliuered.

1657 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (1661) 74 These short but pithy Ejaculations.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. liii. 339 Finding something to say to each, in his pithy, agreeable manner.

1791 E. Burke Appeal Whigs (ed. 3) 112 The pithy and sententious brevity of these bulletins of ancient rebellion.

1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance xv With one of her sharp pithy glances at Colonel D.

1893 J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. Recoll. I. i. 13 He preached..a plain, short, pithy sermon.

1942 G. M. Trevelyan Eng. Social Hist. x. 319 Their shrewd rustic comment on things that they knew and understood was expressed in the pithy dialect of their own countryside.

1976 Gazette (Montreal) 19 July o3/2 All of them punctuating their punches with the pithiest English vernacular.

2004 Independent 15 Mar. i. 28/1 Two groups of brief quotations and a myriad of pithy Venetian proverbs.

b. Of a person: that speaks or writes pithily; terse, succinct, aphoristic.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adjective] > concise and forcible > of person

pithy1548

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xix. 150 That other man also was piththie and an earnest bidder of Jesus.

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ☞ Plato..the constant auoucher, and pithy perswader of Vnum, Bonum, and Ens.

1693 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. I. vii. 235 The Pithy Moralist [sc. Seneca].

1713 J. Addison Late Tryal Count Tariff ⁋13 In all these particulars [he] was very short but pithy.

1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such ii. 39 He was a pithy talker.

1922 E. von Arnim Enchanted April (1989) 5 He was pithy; he was prudent; he never said a word too much.

1992 New Musical Express (BNC) 46 Pithy and intellectual, the Indigo Girls deal with the ordinary.

3. Of a fruit, plant, etc.: containing much pith; covered in or consisting of pith. Also: resembling pith.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [adjective] > of or having pith or soft internal tissue

pithful1548

pithy1562

fleshy1577

carnous1601

musculous1601

medullary1620

medulline1620

1562 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tounge (new ed.) i. iii, in Wks. 192 The pithy pith of an elder sticke.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xlvi. 295 The inward substance white..without any taste,..and smell it hath none, neither is it any thing pithie.

1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. iv. xxxvi. 58 Branches, of which the Wood is..extreamly Pithy, or Sappy.

1716 Worlidge's Compl. Syst. Husbandry & Gardening vii. 161 All Perennial Greens, or Cesinous Plants, are not to be pruned or cut until the greater Frosts and bitter Winds are past, and then not in any wise decapacitate the Fir, Pine, not such pithy Plants.

1793 B. Edwards Hist. Brit. Colonies W. Indies II. v. i. 209 The body of the cane..contains a soft pithy substance.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 73 The pithy bunch of unripe nuts.

1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 239 The rhachis [of a feather] is opaque, filled with a pithy substance.

1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xix. 488 The masons build mud nests; others burrow in the ground or in pithy plants, or use deserted nests or select cavities wherever these are available.

1988 Garden Dec. 578/1 It will slowly build up a solid crown with rather pithy roots.

2001 Sunday Mail (Nexis) 30 Sept. 8 A dry, sour or extra pithy orange is really not that pleasant at all.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	pithy
释义	pithyadj. Brit. /ˈpɪθi/, U.S. /ˈpɪθi/ Forms: Middle English–1500s pythy, Middle English– pithy, 1500s piththie, 1500s pyththy, 1500s pythye, 1500s–1600s pithie, 1700s pithsie, 1800s– peathy (English regional (Cornwall)); Scottish pre-1700 pethe, pre-1700 pithie, pre-1700 piththie, pre-1700 pitthie, pre-1700 1700s– pithy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pith n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < pith n. + -y suffix¹. 1. Full of strength or vigour; vigorous, powerful, strong; substantial. Now rare (chiefly Scottish in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adjective] mightyeOE strongOE bigc1300 boldc1300 fort13.. steer13.. steevec1300 valiant1303 stalwortha1340 fortin1340 strengthfula1382 stout1390 pithya1400 tora1400 mighteda1470 strengthyc1485 forcy1488 nervy1598 nervous1616 whipcordy1856 Tarzanesque1933 Tarzan-like1943 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of things, qualities, etc. pithya1400 vive1477 lustful1561 vigorous1637 vivid1650 high-strung1653 buoyantc1661 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > strong strongeOE stalec1300 mainc1400 nappyc1460 starkc1485 nase?1536 huff-cap1599 nippitatum1600 intoxicating1604 inebriating1610 distempering1613–18 inebriative1615 toxing1635 hogen mogen1653 napping1654 humming1675 hard1700 inebriousa1704 ebrietating1711 bead-proof1753 steeve1801 high-proof1810 pithy1812 stiff1813 inebriant1828 reverent1837 a little more north1864 ebriating1872 rorty1950 the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [adjective] > specifically of liquids clammy1541 grumous1665 slabby1676 pithy1876 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 9384 (MED) For yee haf..wel herd O þe begining o þis werld..For sun and mone..Had seuensith mare þan now o light, And al-king thing was þan to trow Wel pithier [a1400 Göt mihtier] þan þai ar now. 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 282 Pythy, vbi strange. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 320/2 Pythy stronge, puissant. c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 6 The pithie Paladine. 1591 R. Bruce Serm. Edinb. (Isa. xxxviii. 22) sig. O7^v To support his beleefe, he vseth ane externall object: For the maa and the mair pithie the objects be, the mair our faith is walkened and confirmed. 1634 G. Markham Art of Archerie ix. 84 A strong pithie kinde of Shooting. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 144 On mair pithy shanks they stood. 1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair ii. xix. 33 Some are flush'd with horns of pithy ale. 1876 A. C. Swinburne Let. 10 Jan. (1960) III. 112 A sea without rocks or cliff,..water thick and pithy with sand. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 236 Pithy, of persons: In good or easy circumstances; prosperous. 2. a. Of language or style: full of concentrated meaning; conveying meaning forcibly through brevity of expression; concise, succinct; condensed in style; pointed, terse, aphoristic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] sensiblea1393 eloquent1393 rhetoricc1450 mightya1500 pithy1529 grave1541 pithful1548 weighty1560 sappy1563 emphatical1567 fasta1568 thwacking1567 forceful1571 enforceable1589 energetical1596 eloquious1599 sinewy1600 emphatic1602 sinewed1604 strong1604 tonitruous1606 nervose1645 nervous1663 energetic1674 energic1683 strong1685 cogent1718 lapidary1724 forcible1726 authoritative1749 terse1777 telling1819 vigorous1821 sturdy1822 tonitruant1861 meaty1874 vertebrate1882 energized1887 jawy1898 heavy1970 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adjective] > concise and forcible pithy1529 pithful1548 sappy1563 fasta1568 compact1576 close1670 terse1777 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. x^v The sore pyththy poynt where wyth he knytteth vppe all hys heuy matter. 1531 W. Tyndale Expos. 1 John (1537) 93 It is a shorte and pythy sentence to moue or admonyse. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (ii. 5) Very piththie is this pronown I. 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. i. x. f. 25^v As readily haue vnderstood short and pithy speeches, as they haue beene quicke and quaintly deliuered. 1657 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (1661) 74 These short but pithy Ejaculations. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. liii. 339 Finding something to say to each, in his pithy, agreeable manner. 1791 E. Burke Appeal Whigs (ed. 3) 112 The pithy and sententious brevity of these bulletins of ancient rebellion. 1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance xv With one of her sharp pithy glances at Colonel D. 1893 J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. Recoll. I. i. 13 He preached..a plain, short, pithy sermon. 1942 G. M. Trevelyan Eng. Social Hist. x. 319 Their shrewd rustic comment on things that they knew and understood was expressed in the pithy dialect of their own countryside. 1976 Gazette (Montreal) 19 July o3/2 All of them punctuating their punches with the pithiest English vernacular. 2004 Independent 15 Mar. i. 28/1 Two groups of brief quotations and a myriad of pithy Venetian proverbs. b. Of a person: that speaks or writes pithily; terse, succinct, aphoristic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adjective] > concise and forcible > of person pithy1548 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xix. 150 That other man also was piththie and an earnest bidder of Jesus. 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ☞ Plato..the constant auoucher, and pithy perswader of Vnum, Bonum, and Ens. 1693 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. I. vii. 235 The Pithy Moralist [sc. Seneca]. 1713 J. Addison Late Tryal Count Tariff ⁋13 In all these particulars [he] was very short but pithy. 1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such ii. 39 He was a pithy talker. 1922 E. von Arnim Enchanted April (1989) 5 He was pithy; he was prudent; he never said a word too much. 1992 New Musical Express (BNC) 46 Pithy and intellectual, the Indigo Girls deal with the ordinary. 3. Of a fruit, plant, etc.: containing much pith; covered in or consisting of pith. Also: resembling pith. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [adjective] > of or having pith or soft internal tissue pithful1548 pithy1562 fleshy1577 carnous1601 musculous1601 medullary1620 medulline1620 1562 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tounge (new ed.) i. iii, in Wks. 192 The pithy pith of an elder sticke. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xlvi. 295 The inward substance white..without any taste,..and smell it hath none, neither is it any thing pithie. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. iv. xxxvi. 58 Branches, of which the Wood is..extreamly Pithy, or Sappy. 1716 Worlidge's Compl. Syst. Husbandry & Gardening vii. 161 All Perennial Greens, or Cesinous Plants, are not to be pruned or cut until the greater Frosts and bitter Winds are past, and then not in any wise decapacitate the Fir, Pine, not such pithy Plants. 1793 B. Edwards Hist. Brit. Colonies W. Indies II. v. i. 209 The body of the cane..contains a soft pithy substance. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 73 The pithy bunch of unripe nuts. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. 1 239 The rhachis [of a feather] is opaque, filled with a pithy substance. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xix. 488 The masons build mud nests; others burrow in the ground or in pithy plants, or use deserted nests or select cavities wherever these are available. 1988 Garden Dec. 578/1 It will slowly build up a solid crown with rather pithy roots. 2001 Sunday Mail (Nexis) 30 Sept. 8 A dry, sour or extra pithy orange is really not that pleasant at all. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1400
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