pithy

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈpɪθi/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like pity /θ/ vs /t/

Freq #47337

Meanings

1

adj
concise and full of meaning

We welcomed their pithy comments in to the previously drawn out conversation.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · concise and full of meaning sententious

More laconic terse aphoristic succinct

Opposites

prolix verbose wordy

Word family

Forms pithierpithiest

Derived forms pithilypithinessunpithy

Etymology

From Middle English pithy, pythy, equivalent to pith + -y.

pithy,pythy Middle English

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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