re: Dear Dictionary, could you please define pithy?

from the word pith. pith is the central spongy part of a stem that transports nutrients.

etymology

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pithy (adj.)
early 14c., "strong, vigorous," from pith (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "full of substance or significance" is from 1520s; literal meaning "full of pith" not attested until 1560s. Related: Pithily; pithiness.

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Here is wiki

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pithy (comparative pithier, superlative pithiest) Concise and meaningful. 1825, William Hazlitt, Elia, and Geoffrey Crayon, (used) in The Spirit of the Age,

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I felt that

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dude. I like that your meaning is based on feeling and that you have feelings about your feeling word. that's charming in a way. But its your own invention.

pith is a part of a plant. its the heart and center.

your idea, that the word relates to a feeling VERSUS an intellectual mind-form is pure invention on your part. sorry.

but its such a great idea, you should invent a NEW word to which you confer the meaning you thought was attached to pithy.

Let us know in this thread what you want your new word to be.

If you use it regularly on TD with an asterisk explaining its meaning, in a few years it will be in common parlance. it happens.