Middle English Dictionary Entry
succincte adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | succincte adj. Also succint. |
| Etymology | L succinctus; also cp. OF (1491) succinct; for form in -nt cp. ML succintē, var. of L succinctē adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Having one's waist encircled (with sth.); having one's belt fastened tightly, girded; (b) brief, concise, succinct.
Associated quotations
a
- c1429 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)1862 : When the Isralitens the pasche lambe ware etand, Thay stode vpright succincte, ilkone a staffe in hand; So communing shuld we be gyrde with double chaystitee.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.369 : Thei feyne Scilla to be a woman succincte [Trev.: byclipped aboute; L succinctam] with the hedes of dogges.
b
- c1475(1459) Pros.Yorkists in EHR 26 (Roy 17.D.15)514 : Youre rudnes..shalle put none obstacle but that ye shalle have audience, safe oon thinge ye most observe in this partie, that ye be as succynt and compendious as ye may, reducinge into youre mynde before whome ye make your peroracion.