† pressnessn.
Obsolete. rare.
Conciseness.
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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
1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) Pref. sig. a3v An excellent critick of our own commends Boileau's closeness, or, as he calls it, pressness, particularly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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