Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON-CISE', a. [L. concisus, cut off, brief, from concido; con and cædo, to cut. See Class Gd, No. 2, 4, 8, 49, 59.]

Brief; short, applied to language or style; containing few words; comprehensive; comprehending much in few words, or the principal matters only; as, in Genesis, we have a concise account of the creation. The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but leaves somewhat to be understood. – B. Jonson. Where the author is too brief and concise, amplify a little. – Watts.