different between dextrous vs succinct

English

Etymology

See dexterous.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?kst??s

Adjective

dextrous (comparative more dextrous, superlative most dextrous)

1. (chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of dexterous.
   • 1754, Sarah Fielding, Jane Collier, The Cry: A New Dramatic Fable, Volume 1, page 189,

     The man, who with his right hand (or indeed with either, hand that by habit is the mo?t dextrous) endeavours to help and a??i?t another, exerts his whole ?trength, and is generally enabled to compa?s his friendly de?ign; or if a blow is nece??ary to be given, the dextrous hand hits the desired mark, and gives ju?t the force de?igned; whereas a blow given through pa??ion, with the aukwardne?s of a weak-handed ?troke, may beat out an eye, flatten a no?e, or indeed aiming at an enemy may ?ometimes hit a friend.

   • 1788, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 5, page 471,

     Yet the ?ubjects of the Byzantine empire were ?till the mo?t dextrous and diligent of nations;

   • 1979, Donald E. Worcester, The Apaches: Eagles of the Southwest, University of Oklahoma Press, page 53,

     " […] She was renowned as one of the most dextrous horse thieves and horse breakers in the tribe, and seldom permitted an expedition to go on a raid without her presence. The translation of her Apache title was ‘Dextrous Horse Thief’."

   • 1992, Richard A. Gabriel, The Culture of War: Invention and Early Development, Greenwood Publishing Group, page 1,

     Its fingers are longer, more flexible, and more dextrous than those of monkeys and can be moved individually.

English

Etymology

From Middle English succinte, succynt, from Old French succinct, from Latin succinctus, perfect passive participle of succing? (“gird from below”), from sub + cing? (“gird, wrap, surround”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s?(k)?s??kt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /s?k?s??(k)t/
• Hyphenation: suc?cinct

Adjective

succinct (comparative more succinct, superlative most succinct)

1. brief and to the point
2. compressed into a tiny area.

   Unlike general lossless data compression algorithms, succinct data structures retain the ability to use them in-place, without decompressing them first.

3. (archaic) wrapped by, or as if by a girdle; closely fitting, wound or wrapped or drawn up tightly.

Synonyms

• concise
• laconic
• See also Thesaurus:concise

Derived terms

• succinctness
• succinctly

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syk.s??/

Adjective

succinct (feminine singular succincte, masculine plural succincts, feminine plural succinctes)

1. succinct
2. (informal, figuratively) light

3. (by extension) Concise in its intentions.