curt.
Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.
Meaning & usage
Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.
Short or concise.
Where this word comes from
From the Latin curtus (“shortened”). Cognate with Dutch kort, German kurz, Galician curto, French court, Italian corto, Portuguese curto, and Spanish corto. Doublet of short.
To cut, cut short, shorten.
Where this word comes from
From the Latin curtus (“shortened”). Cognate with Dutch kort, German kurz, Galician curto, French court, Italian corto, Portuguese curto, and Spanish corto. Doublet of short.
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