précis
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From French précis (“‘precise’”), substantive use of the adjective.
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précis (plural précis)
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"...the computer is functioning, lights on it softly blinking as it produces on the screen beside it a series of graphs — ten years' worth of annual reports, a précis of Data General Corporation's financial history." — Tracy Kidder, The Soul of a New Machine, 1981, ch. 1
"I know she goes in for giving a rapid precis of all her guests. I remember her bringing me up to a truculent and red-faced old gentlemen covered all over with orders and ribbons, and hissing into my ear, in a tragic whisper which must have been perfectly audible to everybody in the room, the most astounding details.-- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1890, ch. 1
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From Latin praecīsus (“‘cut off’”), perfect passive participle of praecīdō (“‘shorten’”), from prae (“‘before’”) + caedō (“‘cut’”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaə-id- (“‘to strike’”).
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précis m. (f. précise, m. plural précis, f. plural précises)
- Which does not leave doubt; specific, explicit.
- Done in a precise and reliable fashion.
- (sound) Well perceived; sharp.
- (Of language or writing) Demonstrating precision, concision and accuracy.
- Said of someone whose language express such qualities.
- (measure) Calculated or measured with precision.
