Definitions for succinct

succinct suc·cinct

Spelling: [suh k-singkt]
IPA: /səkˈsɪŋkt/

Succinct is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 117 anagrams from letters in succinct (cccinstu).

Definitions for succinct

adjective

  1. expressed in few words; concise; terse.
  2. characterized by conciseness or verbal brevity.
  3. compressed into a small area, scope, or compass.
  4. Archaic. drawn up, as by a girdle. close-fitting. encircled, as by a girdle.

Origin of succinct

1400-50; late Middle English Latin succinctus, past participle of succingere to gird, gather up (one's clothes), prepare for action, equivalent to suc- Examples for succinct

He failed to come up with a succinct new indictment à la Reagan's "Are you better off than you were four years ago?"

This succinct account will not prove unacceptable, we hope, to our readers.

Her few comments to the press included a succinct summary of her views on capital punishment.

Her verdict was succinct: “They are not clothes for playing in, they are clothes for showing off at the airport.”

Then, a succinct slaying of the awful "We Built That" meme which so awkwardly defined the convention in Tampa.

The scenes are succinct, by and large; the patter of the characters rolls right along, whether you catch their drift or not.

"Better let this Miss Dean alone," was Laura's succinct advise.

A succinct statement of the essentials of the New Testament.

Presents the subject of astronomy in a succinct, popular form.

This is the most succinct account that we can give of him and his affairs.

Word Value for succinct
Scrable

14

Words with friends

19

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