succinct

adj

/səkˈsɪŋ(k)t/UK/sə(k)ˈsɪŋ(k)t/US

Etymology

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English succinte, succynt (“having one’s waist encircled with something, girdled; brief, concise, succinct”), borrowed from Old French succinct (modern French succinct), or directly from its etymon Latin succīnctus (“belted, girdled; enclosed or tightly wrapped; (figurative) concise, succinct; etc.”), the perfect passive participle of succingō (“to gather or tuck up with a belt, etc.”), from suc- (a variant of sub- (prefix meaning ‘under’), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upó (“from below; up”)) + cingō (“to encircle, surround; to gird”) (further etymology uncertain). The adverb is derived from the adjective.

derived from *upó✻ — “from below; up”
derived from succīnctus — “belted, girdled; enclosed or tightly wrapped; (figurative) concise, succinct; etc.”
derived from succinct
inherited from succinte

Definitions

1
Encircled by, or as if by, a girdle
Encircled by, or as if by, a girdle; drawn up or wrapped tightly.
- Near-synonyms: bundled up, cinched, engirdled, girdled
- The Tovvne is moſt beautified, by a vaſt Garden of the Kings, ſuccinct vvith a great tovvred mud-vvall, larger than the Circuit of the Citie.
- Svvift to the hall they haſte; aſide they lay / Their garments, and ſuccinct, the victims [animals] ſlay.
2
Of clothes
Of clothes: not loose; close-fitting, tight-fitting.
- [W]ings he vvore / Of many a colourd plume ſprinkl'd vvith Gold, / His habit fit for ſpeed ſuccinct, and held / Before his decent ſteps a Silver vvand.
- Four Knaves in garbs ſuccinct, a truſty band, / Caps on their heads, and halberds in their hand; […]
- During this time, sister Ursula, to give her for the last time her conventual name, exchanged her stole, or loose upper garment, for the more succinct cloak and hood of a horseman.
3
Compressed into a small area
Compressed into a small area; compact.
- Unlike general lossless data compression algorithms, succinct data structures retain the ability to use them in-place, without decompressing them first.
- Their poor bits of preciosities and heirlooms they have with them; made up in succinct bundles, stowed on ticketed baggage-wains: […]
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1. 4
  Of an action, etc.
  Of an action, etc.: lasting a short time; brief, curt.
  - Then ſuddenly, and vvith a ſuccinct bovv, bidding them all good bye, he took a haſty leave; […]
  - With the rope round their neck, their destiny may be succinct!
  - From a little behind, with his Sunday hat tilted forward over his brow and a cigar glowing between his lips, Captain Nares acknowledged our previous acquaintance with a succinct nod.
2. 5
  Of speech or writing
  Of speech or writing: brief and to the point; concise.
  - You should give clear, succinct information to the clients.
  - […] Apollo himſelfe loveth brevitie, and is in his oracles verie ſuccinct and pithy; […]
  - A ſtrict and ſuccinct ſtyle is that, vvhere you can take avvay nothing vvithout loſſe, and that loſſe to be manifeſt.
3. 6
  Synonym of succinctly (“briefly, concisely”).
  - Very largely haue I inueighed againſt this vice [gluttony] elſvvhere, vvherefore heere I vvill truſſe it vp more ſurcinct;^([sic – meaning succinct]) […]

The neighborhood

neighborsuccinctorium
neighborsuccinctory
neighborsuccincture

Derived

succinctly, succinctness, unsuccinct

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at succinct. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at succinct. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at succinct

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA