lapidary vs short and sweet

lapidary

noun
  • The process of such work. 

  • The field in which such a person works, a subfield of gemology. 

  • A person who cuts, polishes, engraves, or deals in gems. 

  • An expert in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work. 

adj
  • Suitable for inscriptions; efficient, stately, concise; embodying the refinement and precision characteristic of stone-cutting. 

  • Pertaining to gems and precious stones, or the art of working them. 

short and sweet

adj
  • Efficiently brief in duration, especially when referring to a task that becomes unpleasant when prolonged. 

How often have the words lapidary and short and sweet occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )