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pithy
(encz) | pithy,jadrný adj: |
Pithy
(gcide) | Pithy \Pith"y\, a. [Compar. Pithier; superl. Pithiest.]
1. Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith;
as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit.
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2. Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent.
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This pithy speech prevailed, and all agreed.
--Dryden.
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In all these Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy.
--Addison.
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Pithy gall (Zool.), a large, rough, furrowed, oblong gall,
formed on blackberry canes by a small gallfly
(Diastrophus nebulosus).
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pithy
(wn) | pithy
adj 1: concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy
comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style
in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen
[syn: pithy, sententious] |
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pithy
(encz) | pithy,jadrný adj: |
Pithy gall
(gcide) | Pithy \Pith"y\, a. [Compar. Pithier; superl. Pithiest.]
1. Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith;
as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit.
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2. Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent.
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This pithy speech prevailed, and all agreed.
--Dryden.
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In all these Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy.
--Addison.
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Pithy gall (Zool.), a large, rough, furrowed, oblong gall,
formed on blackberry canes by a small gallfly
(Diastrophus nebulosus).
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monotropa hypopithys
(wn) | Monotropa hypopithys
n 1: fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the
Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North
America; in some classifications placed in a separate genus
Hypopitys [syn: pinesap, false beachdrops, {Monotropa
hypopithys}] |
pithy
(wn) | pithy
adj 1: concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy
comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style
in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen
[syn: pithy, sententious] |
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