Obs. rare. [ad. Gr. συντομή a cutting short, f. σύν SYN- + τομ-: τέμνειν to cut.] ? Abridgement, brief statement. So † Syntomy [ad. mod.L. syntomia (Puttenham, Engl. Poesie, 1589, ed. Arber, p. 169), ad. Gr. συντομία], brevity, conciseness.
1641. Brathwait, Penit. Pilgr., Contents, The Summe, or Graduall Symtome [sic] of the Penitent Pilgrim.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Sytomy … a cutting away, brevity, or concisenesse.
