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Word: Terse
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
early 17th century: from Latin tersus ‘wiped, polished’, from the verb tergere. The original sense was ‘polished, trim, spruce’, (relating to language) ‘polished, polite’, hence ‘concise and to the point’ (late 18th century)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
təːs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
sparing in the use of words; abrupt
Short Definition:sparing in use of words
Examples:- a terse statement
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