concise

Etymology

From Late Latin concisus (“cut short”), from Latin concidere (“cut to pieces”), from caedere (“to cut, to strike down”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈsaɪs/

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• Rhymes: -aɪs

Adjective

concise (comparative more concise, superlative most concise)

1. brief, yet including all important information

Verb

concise (third-person singular simple present concises, present participle concising, simple past and past participle concised)

1. (India, transitive) To make concise; to abridge or summarize.

Adjective

concise

1. feminine plural of conciso

Anagrams

• conscie
• scenico
• sconcie

Participle

concīse

1. vocative masculine singular of concīsus

References

• concise in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• concise in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette