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).