succinct

/(ˌ)sək-ˈsiŋ(k)t/

Middle English, from Latin succinctus having one's clothes gathered up by a belt, tightly wrapped, concise, from sub- + cinctus, past participle of cingere to gird

adjective

  1. marked by compact precise expression without wasted words

  2. being girded

  3. close-fitting

a succinct description

concise terse succinct laconic summary pithy compendious mean very brief in statement or expression. concise suggests the removal of all that is superfluous or elaborative. terse implies pointed conciseness.