SUCCINCT

succinct. Succinct, a. girded up, prepared, short, brief, concise

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Suc‐cinct″ (?), a. [[L. succinctus, p. p. of succingere to gird below or from below, to tuck up; sub + cingere to gird. Cf. Cincture.]] 1. 1. Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.
His habit fit for speed succinct. Milton. 2. 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.