laconism†; Tacitus; ellipsis; syncope; abridgment &c (shortening) 201;
compression &c 195; epitome &c 596; monostich†; brunch word, portmanteau
word.
V. be concise &c adj.; condense &c 195; abridge &c 201; abstract &c
596; come to the point.
Adj. concise, brief, short, terse, close; to the point, exact; neat,
compact; compressed, condensed, pointed; laconic, curt, pithy,
trenchant, summary; pregnant; compendious &c (compendium) 596;
succinct; elliptical, epigrammatic, quaint, crisp; sententious.
Adv. concisely &c adj.; briefly, summarily; in brief, in short, in a
word, in a few words; for shortness sake; to come to the point, to make
a long story short, to cut the matter short, to be brief; it comes to
this, the long and the short of it is.
Phr. brevis esse laboro obscurus fio [Lat.] [Horace].