concisenessn.
/kənˈsʌɪsnɪs/ Concise quality; brevity, terseness.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [noun]
fastness?a1200
compendiousness1398
short speaking14..
shortness?c1450
brevity1509
briefness1530
pithiness1557
laconism1570
succinctness1609
parsimony1650
laconicism1656
nexility1656
syntomy1656
conciseness1659
closeness1712
compendiosity1727
pressness1728
abruptness1731
concision1774
laconicalness1830
compactness1841
terseness1864
Spartanhood1880
Spartanism1880
brachylogy1882–3
condensity1885
1659 O. Walker Some Instr. Art of Oratory 35 Such a conciseness, not onely avoiding..Tautology, but savouring of..acuteness, force, and clearness.
1695 J. Dryden 2nd Misc. Pref. (R.) The conciseness of Demosthenes.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 157. ⁋7 An old clergyman, who rightly conjectured the reason of my conciseness.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vi. 116 They value themselves..on conciseness and going to the point, in private affairs.
1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton vii. 89 What is slang but an effort at conciseness?
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