(adj) concise and full of meaning; ; - Hervey Allen, Syn.sententious, Example: welcomed her pithy comments; the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams
(n) 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.false beachdrops, Monotropa hypopithys
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
a. [ Compar. Pithier superl. Pithiest. ]1. Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith; as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent. [ 1913 Webster ]
This pithy speech prevailed, and all agreed. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
In all these Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pithy gall (Zool.), a large, rough, furrowed, oblong gall, formed on blackberry canes by a small gallfly (Diastrophus nebulosus). [ 1913 Webster ]
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
