Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryConcise and meaningful. · Of, like, or abounding in pith; spongy or having small holes or pits. · Vigorous, powerful, strong; substantial.
From Middle English pithy, pythy, equivalent to pith + -y.
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- Inherited-form mentionpithy,pythyenm
- Word-formation componentpithen
- Word-formation component-yen
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