terse
21terse — [[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 …
22terse — [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… …
23terse — adj. Terse is used with these nouns: ↑nod, ↑reply …
24terse — 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,… …
25terse — /tɜs / (say ters) adjective (terser, tersest) 1. neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language. 2. abrupt or bad tempered, especially in one s speech: *The chemist was a little terse at having his emergency bell rung on a Sunday… …
26terse´ness — 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 …
27terse — tersely, adv. terseness, n. /terrs/, adj. terser, tersest. 1. neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language. 2. abruptly concise; curt; brusque. [1595 1605; < L tersus, ptp. of tergere to rub off, wipe off, clean, polish] Syn. 1.… …
28terse — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Ciceronian, Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, abrupt, aphoristic, aposiopestic, axiomatic, bluff, blunt, brief, brusque, chaste, classic, clear, clear cut, clipped, close, close tongued, closemouthed, compact,… …
29TERSE — Tiny Embedded Real time Software Environment für den 8051 Prozessor implementiertes 260Byte umfassendes System (siehe > DDJ 12 95 ) …
30TERSE — Tiny Embedded Real time Software Environment für den 8051 Prozessor implementiertes 260Byte umfassendes System (siehe > DDJ 12 95 ) …
