Definition for PITH'Y

PITH'Y, a.

  1. Consisting of pith; containing pith; abounding with pith; as, a pithy substance; a pithy stem.
  2. Containing concentrated force; forcible; energetic; as, a pithy word or expression. This pithy speech prevailed and all agreed. – Dryden.
  3. Uttering energetic words or expressions. In all these, Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy. – Addison.

Return to page 108 of the letter “P”.