pithiness

Meanings

• Noun

  The quality of being concise and effective in expressing ideas or information.

  - "The speaker's pithiness kept the audience engaged throughout the presentation."
  - "The editor appreciated the writer's pithiness in summarizing complex topics."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with pithiness
wisdom , calmness , brightness

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Variants

List of all variants of pithiness that leads to same result
pithier , pithiest , pithily , pithiness , pithinesses , pithy

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Etymology

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From Middle English pithe, from Old French pitie, from Latin pati 'to suffer, endure'. The figurative meaning 'brief and to the point' developed in the late 15th century.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'pithiness' is also used in botany to refer to the central, spongy tissue of a stem or root.

2. The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates was known for his pithy and thought-provoking questions and dialogues.

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Related Concepts

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1. conciseness: The quality of being brief and to the point, without unnecessary details or wordiness.

2. brevity: The quality of being short and to the point, without unnecessarily prolonged speech or writing.

3. wit: The ability to think and act quickly and inventively, particularly in a clever or amusing way.

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Quotes

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1. I read my poems in L.A., chatted up the literary set, waxed "pithy" and beleaguered at the book signings and wine and cheese receptions.

   - Thomas Lynch,{it}The Undertaking{/it},1997

2. Unlike a great many other science books, the "pithy", lyrical text never bogs down in a mudflat of facts.

   - Leonard S. Marcus,{it}Parenting{/it},December/January 1996

3. … Gore's prowess had been blurred by his performance in the Quayle debate and by his four preceding years in the Senate, where the prevailing style is indirect and woolly-swathed in layers of "my distinguished colleague" and short on zingers and "pithy" remarks.

   - James Fallows,{it}Atlantic{/it},July 2000

4. He does not hold forth to his family or to his court of old men; he listens,  … then delivers short, "pithy" edicts that are then followed.

   - Guy Martin,{it}Esquire{/it},June 1997

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Culture

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Pithiness is a valued trait in various forms of communication, including public speaking, writing, and daily conversation. It is often associated with intelligence, wit, and effectiveness in getting a message across.

How to Memorize "pithiness"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a tree with its branches representing ideas, and the trunk being the pithiness that holds them all together.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'pithiness' with the word 'essence', as both refer to the most important and concentrated parts of something.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic acronym, such as P.I.T.H.I.N.E.S.S., where each letter stands for a synonym or reminder of the quality of being pithy.

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