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Meaning of "pithiness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PITHINESS

pithiness  [ˈpɪθɪnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PITHINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pithiness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PITHINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pithiness in the English dictionary

The definition of pithiness in the dictionary is the fact of being terse and full of meaning or substance.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PITHINESS


bulkiness
ˈbʌlkɪnɪs
comeliness
ˈkʌmlɪnɪs
dizziness
ˈdɪzɪnɪs
dryness
ˈdraɪnɪs
earthiness
ˈɜːθɪnɪs
filthiness
ˈfɪlθɪnɪs
finis
ˈfɪnɪs
friendliness
ˈfrɛndlɪnɪs
Guinness
ˈɡɪnɪs
happiness
ˈhæpɪnɪs
healthiness
ˈhɛlθɪnɪs
highness
ˈhaɪnɪs
holiness
ˈhəʊlɪnɪs
loveliness
ˈlʌvlɪnɪs
readiness
ˈrɛdɪnɪs
stealthiness
ˈstɛlθɪnɪs
timeliness
ˈtaɪmlɪnɪs
toothiness
ˈtuːθɪnɪs
wealthiness
ˈwelθɪnɪs
wrathiness
ˈrɒθɪnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PITHINESS

pith
pith helmet
pithball
pithead
pithecanthropi
pithecanthropine
pithecanthropoid
pithecanthropus
pithecoid
pithful
pithier
pithiest
pithily
pithless
pithlike
pithoi
pithos
pithy
pitiable
pitiableness

WORDS THAT END LIKE PITHINESS

agribusiness
big business
business
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
core business
craziness
do the business
drowsiness
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
geekiness
hairiness
loneliness
retail business
rough-and-readiness
sexiness
show business
trustworthiness

Synonyms and antonyms of pithiness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pithiness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PITHINESS

Find out the translation of pithiness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pithiness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pithiness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

精粹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pithiness
570 millions of speakers

English

pithiness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pithiness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اقتضاب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

содержательность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pithiness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pithiness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

concision
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perpaduan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Prägnanz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pithiness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pithiness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pithiness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pithiness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pithiness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सत्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

güçlülük
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pithiness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pithiness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

змістовність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pregnanță
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σθένος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pittig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pithiness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pithiness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pithiness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PITHINESS»

The term «pithiness» is used very little and occupies the 152.383 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PITHINESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pithiness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pithiness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pithiness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PITHINESS»

Discover the use of pithiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pithiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
How Proverbs Mean: Semantic Studies in English Proverbs
So while shortness alone does not provide a sufficient condition for pithiness, it appears to provide a necessary one. In addition, relative shortness correlates with increased pithiness. Perhaps then shortness provides a sufficient condition for ...
Neal R. Norrick, 1985
2
Experiment station work, XXII: pure water for cows, tropical ...
pure water for cows, tropical and subtropical fruits, when to cut forage crops, China asters, lippia, or fog fruit, preserving sweet potatoes, pithiness in celery, food value of beans, irrigation of strawberries, tankage for pigs, farmer's fruit garden, ...
United States. Office of Experiment Stations, 1903
3
Market Diseases of Fruits and Vegetables: Asparagus, Onions, ...
PITHINESS (HOLLOW STEM) Pithiness is a condition of celery characterized by the central tissues of the leafstalks being soft and spongy. Frequently the affected tissues are pulled apart so that the leafstalks are hollow. There appear to be two  ...
Glen Blaine Ramsey, James Stewart Wiant, 1941
4
Aspects of Verbal Humour in English
They include 'catchiness', 'colourfulness', 'rac- iness' and 'pithiness'. The use of colourful or racy language which attracts the reader's eye, and hence hopefully his brain, is a feature of journalistic, magazine layout. The need to capture the ...
Richard Alexander, 1997
5
Horticultural Reviews
Internal Breakdown or Pithiness. Pithiness, found in apparently sound roots, is characterized by a significantly reduced density, and sponginess (Harter et al. 1923; Artschwager 1924; Kushman and Pope 1972); the intercellular air space ...
Jules Janick, 2003
6
Mergers & Acquisitions: An Insider's Guide to the Purchase ...
versus. Pithiness. Before including appendices, CIMs usually run from 40 to 60 pages in length. Those running longer should be reviewed carefully to ensure they are neither excessively verbose nor prone to redundancy. Overly lengthy ...
Dennis J. Roberts, 2009
7
Fruit and Vegetables: Harvesting, Handling and Storage
2000). Physiological disorder The physiological disorder pithiness is characterized by the formation of air spaces in the root that will eventually leave it spongy, dry and hollow. It developed both in the field and in storage (Harris et al. 2000).
Keith Thompson, 2008
8
Postharvest Technology of Horticultural Crops
... pithiness, scars, dirt, or mechanical means Cabbage US (1944) Firmness, trimming, and freedom from soft rot, seedstems, and damage caused by bursting, discoloration, freezing, disease, birds, insects, or mechanical or other means Carrot ...
Adel A. Kader, 2002
9
Sweetpotato in South Asia: Postharvest handling, processing, ...
Pithiness Development of pithiness in the roots leads to weight loss. The overall cellular structure of the root changes during storage, which results in an increase in intercellular spaces. This makes the roots hard and spoils quality. Sprouting ...
Balagopalan, C. (eds.).
10
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
... well formed; which are free from secondary new top growth and soft rot, and free from damage caused by freezing, growth cracks, sunburn, pithiness, woodlness, internal discoloration, oil spray, dry rot, other disease, insects or other means.
‎1981

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PITHINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pithiness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Is the NBA Heading Toward a 2017 Lockout?
... Stern as an exceedingly effective leader—and this without all the rabid pithiness. But for all the acclaim Silver has received since taking over, ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
The Iran deal is historic. And only Obama could have gotten it.
But behind that self-conscious pithiness is a serious distinction between Obama and much of the foreign policy establishment. That distinction ... «Vox, Jul 15»
3
3 Principles for High Conversions on Your Website
Adopted from Gestalt's Law of Prägnanz (which translates literally to the Law of Pithiness), the author starts by identifying an underlying ... «Business 2 Community, Jul 15»
4
Janáček: String Quartets no.1 'The Kreutzer Sonata'; no.2 'Intimate …
It would be easy to dismiss the 13 minutes of Martinů's Third Quartet as a mere filler in this context but the Doric players bring a pithiness to the ... «The Strad, Jul 15»
5
The Libertines put strife behind them for T in the Park 2015
Asked whether being in The Libertines was bad for Doherty's health, Barât's retort mixed pithiness with hurt. "No, taking smack and crack is ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
6
Reviews: Richard Thompson, Sandy Evans, Geoff Kluke, The …
Wilco's frontman has helped imbue Thompson's latest batch of idiosyncratic, insightful songs with pithiness, commensurate with the commercial ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
7
Saint Laurent
... Bonello offers several isolated scenes of unexpected pithiness and power. An early split-screen montage of Saint Laurent's influential 1968 ... «Memphis Flyer, Jun 15»
8
Gareth Southgate channels spirit of Churchill
Horst Hrubesch, the manager of the favourites Germany, wins hands down for pithiness as the beneficiary of his native language's facility for ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
9
Once Again, The Media Is Overhyping The Health Benefits Of …
But nobody tops LiveScience for sheer pithiness. The opening line on its coverage of Myint's team's research could serve as the intro to ... «io9, Jun 15»
10
Rosetta Getty
There was a pop and pithiness to be found in the knit mariner stripes, cigarette pants, and madras plaids. The same could be said for the ... «Style.com, Jun 15»

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