PITHY
What does "PITHY" mean?
Expressing much meaning in few, well-chosen words; terse and forceful.
Meanings
- Concise and full of meaning; brief but substantial. Her pithy reply ended the argument in five words.
- Consisting of or resembling pith; full of the soft spongy tissue of a plant. The orange peeled cleanly, leaving the pithy white layer behind. technical
Word origin
From 'pith', the spongy central tissue of plants and the spinal cord, from Old English 'piþa'; the figurative sense of 'condensed force' gives the adjective its meaning of compact strength.
Remember it
PITHY hides 'pith' - the dense core of a stem - so pithy speech is all core, no padding.
A little poem
A paragraph drowns; one true line stays dry-
say less, mean more: that is to be pithy.
couplet
Wordplay
- I tried to write a pithy essay, but it kept getting to the point.
What it teaches
Brevity is not the absence of thought but its compression; cut until only the meaning is left.
Quick facts
What does PITHY mean?
Expressing much meaning in few, well-chosen words; terse and forceful.
Is PITHY a valid word?
Yes — PITHY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PITHY?
PITHY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does PITHY come from?
From 'pith', the spongy central tissue of plants and the spinal cord, from Old English 'piþa'; the figurative sense of 'condensed force' gives the adjective its meaning of compact strength.
What can PITHY teach us?
Brevity is not the absence of thought but its compression; cut until only the meaning is left.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.