terse

Meaning

Adjective

Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.
Of manner or speech: abruptly or brusquely short; curt.
Burnished, polished; fine, smooth; neat, spruce.

Origin

From Latin tersus ("clean, cleansed, rubbed or wiped off; neat, spruce; terse"), perfect passive participle of tergō, tergeō, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ("to rub; to turn").

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