terse
31terse — tÉœrs /tÉœËs adj. concise, succinct, curt, short …
32terse — 1) ester 2) steer …
33terse — adjective (terser, tersest) sparing in the use of words; abrupt. Derivatives tersely adverb terseness noun Origin C17 (orig. polished, trim , hence concise and to the point ): from L. tersus wiped, polished …
34terse — a. Concise (with elegance), brief, compact, neat, pithy, sententious, succinct, free from superfluity, polished, smooth …
35terse — 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,… …
36terse — 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 …
37make terse — index condense Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
38tersely — terse·ly …
39Tersely — 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… …
40Terseness — 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… …
