- terse adj
- [tɜːs]
-r comp -st superl (style) conciso (-a), (reply) laconico (-a)
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terse — (adj.) 1590s (implied in tersely), clean cut, burnished, neat, from Fr. ters clean, from L. tersus wiped off, clean, neat, from pp. of tergere to rub, polish, wipe. Sense of concise or pithy in style or language is from 1777, which led to a… … Etymology dictionary
terse — [adj] brief, short abrupt, aphoristic, boiled down*, breviloquent, brusque, clear cut, clipped, close, compact, compendiary, compendious, concise, condensed, crisp, cryptic, curt, cut to the bone*, elliptical, epigrammatic, exact, gnomic, in a… … New thesaurus
terse — [tə:s US tə:rs] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: tersus clean, neat , from tergere to wipe off ] a terse reply, message etc uses very few words and often shows that you are annoyed ▪ Derek s terse reply ended the conversation. >tersely… … Dictionary of contemporary English
terse — adj. Terse is used with these nouns: ↑nod, ↑reply … Collocations dictionary
terse — [tʉrs] adj. terser, tersest [L tersus, wiped off, clean, pp. of tergere, to wipe < IE * terg < base * ter , to rub, turn: see THROW] 1. free of superfluous words; concise in a polished, smooth way; succinct 2. brief or concise to the point… … English World dictionary
terse — adj laconic, elliptical, short winded, brevilo quent, Rare. pauciloquent, sparing of words; concise, succinct, brief, to the point, short and sweet; compact, concentrated, close, neat, lean, compendious, packed, Inf. meaty; pithy, sententious,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
terse — adj. (terser, tersest) 1 (of language) brief, concise, to the point. 2 curt, abrupt. Derivatives: tersely adv. terseness n. Etymology: L tersus past part. of tergere wipe, polish … Useful english dictionary
terse — [[t]tɜ͟ː(r)s[/t]] terser, tersest ADJ GRADED A terse statement or comment is brief and unfriendly. He issued a terse statement, saying he is discussing his future with colleagues before announcing his decision on Monday... His tone was terse as… … English dictionary
terse — [tɜːs] adj a terse statement or remark is very short and shows that you are annoyed a terse reply[/ex] tersely adv … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
terse — [[t]tɜrs[/t]] adj. ters•er, ters•est 1) neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language 2) abruptly concise; curt; brusque • Etymology: 1595–1605; < L tersus neat, polished, ptp. of tergēre to rub, polish terse′ly, adv. terse′ness … From formal English to slang
terse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. concise, brief, curt; pithy, laconic, succinct; short, compact. See maxim, shortness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. short, pithy, laconic, taut, compact, brief, concise, pointed, neat, exact,… … English dictionary for students
