Definition of Pihy
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.
2. Having nervous energy; forceful;
cogent.
This pithy speech prevailed, and all
agreed. Dryden.
In all these Goodman Fact was very short, but
pithy. Addison.
Pithy gall (Zoöl.), a large,
rough, furrowed, oblong gall, formed on blackberry canes by a small
gallfly (Diastrophus nebulosus).
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief
- concise and full of meaning
- tersely cogent
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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