Word of the Day: Succinct
succinct
suc-cinct / sək-sĭngkt, sə-sĭngkt
adjective
1. concise and clear, terse, brief and to the point
A tale should be judicious, clear, succinct; The language plain, and incidents well link’d;
Tell not as new what ev’ry body knows; and, new or old, still hasten to a close.
From “Conversation” by William Cowper, 1731 – 1800
2. (archaic) close fitting; encircled by a girdle or as if enclosed by a girdle
Behold, four Kings in majesty rever’d,
With hoary whiskers and a forky beard;
And four fair Queens whose hands sustain a flow’r,
Th’ expressive emblem of their softer pow’r;
Four Knaves in garbs succinct, a trusty band,
Caps on their heads, and halberds in their hand;
And parti-colour’d troops, a shining train,
Draw forth to combat on the velvet plain.
From “The Rape of the Lock” by Alexander Pope, 1688 – 1744