PITHY

pithy. Pithy, a. consisting of pith, energetic, forcible

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Pith″y (?), a. [Compar. Pithier (?); superl. Pithiest.] 1. 1. Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith; as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit.
2. 2. Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent.
This pithy speech prevailed, and all agreed. Dryden. In all these Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy. Addison. Pithy gall (Zoöl.), a large, rough, furrowed, oblong gall, formed on blackberry canes by a small gallfly (Diastrophus nebulosus).