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   succinct

   /səkˈsɪŋ(k)t/

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of something written or spoken) briefly and clearly expressed: "use short, succinct sentences"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘encircled’): from Latin succinctus ‘tucked up’, past participle of succingere, from sub- ‘from below’ + cingere ‘gird’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. succinctness noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • S

     1

   • U

     1

   • C

     3

   • C

     3

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • C

     3

   • T

     1

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