Terse
1 terse — terse …
2 Terse — Terse, a. [Compar. {Terser}; superl. {Tersest}.] [L. tersus, p. p. of tergere to rub or wipe off.] 1. Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Many stones, . . . although terse and smooth, have not this …
3 terse — [ tɜrs ] adjective a terse statement or remark is very short and often shows that the person making it is annoyed ╾ terse|ly adverb ╾ terse|ness noun uncount …
4 terse´ly — terse «turs», adjective, ters|er, ters|est. brief and to the point (said of writing and speaking, or writers and speakers): »“No” was Father s terse reply when I asked to play after bedtime. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under concise. (Cf. ↑concise …
5 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… …
6 terse — terse; terse·ly; terse·ness; …
7 terse — index cohesive (compact), compact (pithy), laconic, pithy, sententious, succinct Burton s Legal Thesauru …
8 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… …
9 terse — *concise, succinct, laconic, summary, pithy, compendious Analogous words: *brief, short: compact, *close: *expressive, sententious, meaningful: *incisive, crisp, clear cut …
10 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… …
11 terse — ► ADJECTIVE (terser, tersest) ▪ sparing in the use of words; abrupt. DERIVATIVES tersely adverb terseness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «polished, trim»: from Latin tersus wiped, polished …
12 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… …
13 terse — adjective we were offended by her terse answers Syn: brief, short, to the point, concise, succinct, crisp, pithy, incisive, trenchant, short and sweet, laconic, elliptical; brusque, abrupt, curt, clipped, blunt, pointed …
14 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… …
15 terse — UK [tɜː(r)s] / US [tɜrs] adjective Word forms terse : adjective terse comparative terser superlative tersest a terse statement or remark is very short and often shows that the person making it is annoyed Derived word: tersely adverb …
16 terse — adjective (terser; tersest) Etymology: Latin tersus clean, neat, from past participle of tergēre to wipe off Date: 1601 1. smoothly elegant ; polished 2. devoid of superfluity < a terse summary >; also short, brusque …
17 terse — adjective /tɜːs,tɝːs/ a) Brief, concise, to the point. He gave a terse, one word answer. b) Abruptly or brusquely short. Few writers were so terse. Syn: abrupt …
18 terse — [17] Terse originally meant ‘polished, smooth’ (‘This man … so laboured upon it that he left it smooth and terse’, Helkiah Crooke, Description of the Body of Man 1615). By the 18th century, however, the associated notion of ‘neatness’ had led on… …
19 terse — adjective a terse reply, message etc uses very few words and often shows that you are annoyed: Derek s terse reply ended the conversation. tersely adverb: “Continue!” he said tersely. terseness noun (U) …
20 terse — [tɜːs] adj a terse statement or remark is very short and shows that you are annoyed a terse reply[/ex] tersely adv …
