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concise (adj.)
1580s, from Latin
concisus
"cut off, brief," past participle of
concidere
"to cut off, cut up, cut through, cut to pieces," from
com-
, intensive prefix (see
com-
), +
caedere
"to cut" (see
-cide
). Related:
Concisely
.
