succinctadj.

/səkˈsɪŋkt/

Etymology: < Latin succinctus, past participle of succingĕre, < suc- = sub- prefix 1b, 6 + cingĕre to gird. Compare French succinct, Italian succinto, Portuguese sucinto, Spanish sucinto.

I. As participial adjective.

1. Girt, engirdled.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective] > surrounded

purseynta1400

umberunc1440

circumdate1460

cinct?a1475

succinct?a1475

circledc1540

circumferat1575

circumscript1610

environed1610

encircled1632

precinct1641

circumcinct1656

cinctured1757

begirt1791

begirdled1813

compassed1860

surrounded1891

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 369 Thei feyne Scylla to be a woman succincte with the hedes of dogges.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 115 The Towne is most beautified, by a vast Garden of the Kings, succinct with a great towred mud-wall.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Succinct, enuironed, fenced about; girt, compassed.

1830 W. Phillips Mt. Sinai i. 279 The Everlasting Form—If form there were—of lineament, was void, Succinct with shadows.

figurative.1706 Cerealia 5 Soon she shakes Her drowsie Wings, and follows to the War With speed succinct. [Cf. quot. 1667 at sense 5.]

a. Of garments, etc.: Girded up; confined by or as by a girdle. Also of persons.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > fastened in specific way > belted, girdled, or pulled in

succinct1604

girdleda1817

girt1870

tie-belted1976

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing a belt or girdle

surcingled1598

succinct1604

roped1834

1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Succincte..close girt vp.

1616–61 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. (1673) 324 And when my golden boss I newly had Hung up to my succinct house gods.

1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 200 Aside they lay Their garments, and succinct the victims slay.

1841 R. C. Trench Notes Parables xxvii. 437 The waiting at table with the dress succinct, was a mark of servitude.

1843 R. H. Horne Orion i. 86 The form Succinct..Of Artemis.

1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Fasti i. 344 The Priest..succinct for sacrificial feast.

1876 J. R. Lowell Ode 4th July i. i. 18 Over her broad brow in many a round,..Succinct, as toil prescribes, the hair was wound In lustrous coils.

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b. Entomology. Of certain pupæ: Supported by a silken filament round the middle. In modern dictionaries.

II. In ordinary adjectival use.

a. Of a narrative, etc.: Compressed into small compass; expressed in few words; brief and concise.

ΘΚΠ

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

compendious1388

briefc1430

short1487

short and sweet1545

curted1568

summarc1575

laconical1576

summary1582

succinct1585

totala1586

laconic1589

concisec1590

compendiary1609

press?1611

curt1631

Spartan1644

nutshell1647

severe1680

Lacedaemonian1780

straightforward1806

uncircumlocutory1808

shorthand1822

Spartanlike1838

unwordy1841

nutshelly1843

tight1870

Spartanic1882

unfarced1890

serried1899

taut1916

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xv. 16 b A succinct description of the yland.

1596 T. Bell Suruey Popery (title page) A succinct and profitable enarration of the state of Gods Church.

1634 R. H. tr. Regim. Salerni 207 A Succinct and plaine Discourse of the Nature and nourishment of divers kinds of Fish.

1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 107 A full, though succinct and sober Narrative.

1758 J. Adams in tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S.-Amer. I. p. x They give us a succinct account of the Creoles.

1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 224 A tale should be judicious, clear, succinct, The language plain, and incidents well-link'd.

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. iii. 278 This account of the original of language appears in general as probable as it is succinct and clear.

1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic vii. 184 We need some more succinct mode than that of severally applying to each Syllogism all these Rules.

b. transferred. Compact.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > of small or scanty extent > compact

succinct1635

compact1642

snugc1718

1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells ii. 83 Hee [sc. man] is stiled a little and succinct world within himselfe.

1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village iii. 84 Beyond yon humble and succinct abode.

†c. adv. Concisely, briefly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb]

shortlyc893

brieflya1300

shortc1374

in sumc1384

compendiously1398

in brief1423

roundlya1516

succinctly?1537

brief1557

succinct1593

abbreviately1599

compactly1603

laconically1631

presslya1637

compactedly1649

curtly1654

concisely1686

laconicly1709

straightforwardly1874

scantly1885

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 77 Very largely haue I inueighed against this vice elswhere, wherefore heere I will trusse it vp more succinct [printed surcinct].

4. Of persons, their speech, style, etc.: Characterized by verbal brevity and conciseness; terse.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adjective] > of persons

rare1526

spare1563

succinct1603

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 203 Apollo himselfe loveth brevitie, and is in his oracles verie succinct and pithy.

1606 P. Holland in tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars To Rdr. His succinct style and termes.

a1637 B. Jonson Timber 1971 in Wks. (1640) III A strict and succinct style is that, where you can take away nothing without losse, and that losse to be manifest.

1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. v. 225 The Saxon Annalist wont to be sober and succinct..runs..into such extravagant fansies [etc.].

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 468. ⁋8 I must grow more succinct.

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. (1817) 211 A succinct and dry writer.

1958 S. J. Perelman Most of S. J. Perelman 491 Now, Messieurs, exposition is wearisome, so I will be succinct.

5. Of garments: Not ample or full, close-fitting, scant. archaic or poetic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > that fits in specific way > close-fitting

straita1387

justc1440

sitting1440

close1488

well-fitted1590

close-bodied1677

succinct1714

tightish1775

tight1784

full-fashioned1812

skintight1838

snug1838

fully-fashioned1844

tight-fitting1846

close-fitting1870

slim1884

skin-fitting1915

skinny1915

slinky1921

tight-ass1969

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 643 His habit fit for speed succinct. ]

1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) iii. 21 Four Knaves in Garbs succinct, a trusty Band.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 83 His vest succinct then girding round his waste.

1746 G. Berkeley in A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley viii. 306 If any other [dress] can be contrived yet more succinct and tight.

1755 Monitor No. 21. I. 182 Some novelties of dress, viz. very low stays, and very succinct petticoats.

1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous v, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. IV. 160 [She] exchanged her stole, or loose upper garment, for the more succinct cloak and hood of a horseman.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vi. iii. 38 Mere soldier uniform, succinct ‘blue coat, white linen gaiters’.

1893 J. A. Symonds Life Michelangelo I. ii. 66 Tuscan lads half draped in succinct tunics.

6. Of short duration, brief, curt.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adjective]

shortc888

littleOE

shortlya1050

briefc1400

momentlya1425

small?a1439

momentany1447

momentaneous?a1450

stunta1450

momentaryc1485

momentane1510

hourlya1535

sudden1561

momentaneala1581

span-long1593

momentaneana1599

momental1606

narrow1611

timeless1657

concise1785

succinct1796

ultra-short1962

1796 F. Burney Camilla IV. viii. vii. 331 With a succinct bow..he took a hasty leave.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. ii. 14 With the rope round their neck, their destiny may be succinct.

1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xi. 175 Captain Nares acknowledged our previous acquaintance with a succinct nod.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	succinct
释义	succinctadj. /səkˈsɪŋkt/ Etymology: < Latin succinctus, past participle of succingĕre, < suc- = sub- prefix 1b, 6 + cingĕre to gird. Compare French succinct, Italian succinto, Portuguese sucinto, Spanish sucinto. I. As participial adjective. 1. Girt, engirdled. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective] > surrounded purseynta1400 umberunc1440 circumdate1460 cinct?a1475 succinct?a1475 circledc1540 circumferat1575 circumscript1610 environed1610 encircled1632 precinct1641 circumcinct1656 cinctured1757 begirt1791 begirdled1813 compassed1860 surrounded1891 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 369 Thei feyne Scylla to be a woman succincte with the hedes of dogges. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 115 The Towne is most beautified, by a vast Garden of the Kings, succinct with a great towred mud-wall. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Succinct, enuironed, fenced about; girt, compassed. 1830 W. Phillips Mt. Sinai i. 279 The Everlasting Form—If form there were—of lineament, was void, Succinct with shadows. figurative.1706 Cerealia 5 Soon she shakes Her drowsie Wings, and follows to the War With speed succinct. [Cf. quot. 1667 at sense 5.] 2. a. Of garments, etc.: Girded up; confined by or as by a girdle. Also of persons. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > fastened in specific way > belted, girdled, or pulled in succinct1604 girdleda1817 girt1870 tie-belted1976 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing a belt or girdle surcingled1598 succinct1604 roped1834 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Succincte..close girt vp. 1616–61 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. (1673) 324 And when my golden boss I newly had Hung up to my succinct house gods. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 200 Aside they lay Their garments, and succinct the victims slay. 1841 R. C. Trench Notes Parables xxvii. 437 The waiting at table with the dress succinct, was a mark of servitude. 1843 R. H. Horne Orion i. 86 The form Succinct..Of Artemis. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Fasti i. 344 The Priest..succinct for sacrificial feast. 1876 J. R. Lowell Ode 4th July i. i. 18 Over her broad brow in many a round,..Succinct, as toil prescribes, the hair was wound In lustrous coils. Categories » b. Entomology. Of certain pupæ: Supported by a silken filament round the middle. In modern dictionaries. II. In ordinary adjectival use. 3. a. Of a narrative, etc.: Compressed into small compass; expressed in few words; brief and concise. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adjective] compendious1388 briefc1430 short1487 short and sweet1545 curted1568 summarc1575 laconical1576 summary1582 succinct1585 totala1586 laconic1589 concisec1590 compendiary1609 press?1611 curt1631 Spartan1644 nutshell1647 severe1680 Lacedaemonian1780 straightforward1806 uncircumlocutory1808 shorthand1822 Spartanlike1838 unwordy1841 nutshelly1843 tight1870 Spartanic1882 unfarced1890 serried1899 taut1916 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xv. 16 b A succinct description of the yland. 1596 T. Bell Suruey Popery (title page) A succinct and profitable enarration of the state of Gods Church. 1634 R. H. tr. Regim. Salerni 207 A Succinct and plaine Discourse of the Nature and nourishment of divers kinds of Fish. 1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 107 A full, though succinct and sober Narrative. 1758 J. Adams in tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S.-Amer. I. p. x They give us a succinct account of the Creoles. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 224 A tale should be judicious, clear, succinct, The language plain, and incidents well-link'd. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. iii. 278 This account of the original of language appears in general as probable as it is succinct and clear. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic vii. 184 We need some more succinct mode than that of severally applying to each Syllogism all these Rules. b. transferred. Compact. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > of small or scanty extent > compact succinct1635 compact1642 snugc1718 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells ii. 83 Hee [sc. man] is stiled a little and succinct world within himselfe. 1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village iii. 84 Beyond yon humble and succinct abode. †c. adv. Concisely, briefly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] shortlyc893 brieflya1300 shortc1374 in sumc1384 compendiously1398 in brief1423 roundlya1516 succinctly?1537 brief1557 succinct1593 abbreviately1599 compactly1603 laconically1631 presslya1637 compactedly1649 curtly1654 concisely1686 laconicly1709 straightforwardly1874 scantly1885 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 77 Very largely haue I inueighed against this vice elswhere, wherefore heere I will trusse it vp more succinct [printed surcinct]. 4. Of persons, their speech, style, etc.: Characterized by verbal brevity and conciseness; terse. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adjective] > of persons rare1526 spare1563 succinct1603 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 203 Apollo himselfe loveth brevitie, and is in his oracles verie succinct and pithy. 1606 P. Holland in tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars To Rdr. His succinct style and termes. a1637 B. Jonson Timber 1971 in Wks. (1640) III A strict and succinct style is that, where you can take away nothing without losse, and that losse to be manifest. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. v. 225 The Saxon Annalist wont to be sober and succinct..runs..into such extravagant fansies [etc.]. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 468. ⁋8 I must grow more succinct. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. (1817) 211 A succinct and dry writer. 1958 S. J. Perelman Most of S. J. Perelman 491 Now, Messieurs, exposition is wearisome, so I will be succinct. 5. Of garments: Not ample or full, close-fitting, scant. archaic or poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > that fits in specific way > close-fitting straita1387 justc1440 sitting1440 close1488 well-fitted1590 close-bodied1677 succinct1714 tightish1775 tight1784 full-fashioned1812 skintight1838 snug1838 fully-fashioned1844 tight-fitting1846 close-fitting1870 slim1884 skin-fitting1915 skinny1915 slinky1921 tight-ass1969 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 643 His habit fit for speed succinct. View more context for this quotation] 1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) iii. 21 Four Knaves in Garbs succinct, a trusty Band. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 83 His vest succinct then girding round his waste. 1746 G. Berkeley in A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley viii. 306 If any other [dress] can be contrived yet more succinct and tight. 1755 Monitor No. 21. I. 182 Some novelties of dress, viz. very low stays, and very succinct petticoats. 1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous v, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. IV. 160 [She] exchanged her stole, or loose upper garment, for the more succinct cloak and hood of a horseman. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vi. iii. 38 Mere soldier uniform, succinct ‘blue coat, white linen gaiters’. 1893 J. A. Symonds Life Michelangelo I. ii. 66 Tuscan lads half draped in succinct tunics. 6. Of short duration, brief, curt. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adjective] shortc888 littleOE shortlya1050 briefc1400 momentlya1425 small?a1439 momentany1447 momentaneous?a1450 stunta1450 momentaryc1485 momentane1510 hourlya1535 sudden1561 momentaneala1581 span-long1593 momentaneana1599 momental1606 narrow1611 timeless1657 concise1785 succinct1796 ultra-short1962 1796 F. Burney Camilla IV. viii. vii. 331 With a succinct bow..he took a hasty leave. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. ii. 14 With the rope round their neck, their destiny may be succinct. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xi. 175 Captain Nares acknowledged our previous acquaintance with a succinct nod. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1475
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