concise

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   expressing much in few words

   A concise explanation.

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Simplified etymology

Concise entered English in the late 16th century and ultimately derives from Latin caedere, “to cut”; its literal underlying sense is “cut up.”

From Latin concīsus (“cut short”), from concīdere (“cut to pieces”), from caedēre (“to cut, to strike down”).

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