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curt
[kurt] 
–adjective, -er, -est.
| 1. | rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner. |
| 2. | brief; concise; terse; laconic. |
| 3. | short; shortened. |
Origin:
1620–30; < L curtus shortened, short, cut short
1620–30; < L curtus shortened, short, cut short
Related forms:
curtly, adverb
curtness, noun
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| curt (kûrt) adj. curt·er, curt·est
[Middle English, short, brief, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin curtus; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.] curt'ly adv., curt'ness n. |
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Curt
Curt\ (k[u^]rt), a. [L. curtus; cf. Skr. kart to cut. Cf. Curtail.] Characterized by excessive brevity; short; rudely concise; as, curt limits; a curt answer. The curt, yet comprehensive reply. --W. Irving.
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Language Translation for : curt
Spanish:
brusco, seco, corto,
German:
kurz angebunden,
Japanese:
そっ気ない
curt
1366, from L. curtus "(cut) short, shortened," from PIE base *(s)ker- "to cut" (see short). Sense of "rude" is first recorded 1831. The L. word was adopted early into most Gmc. languages (cf. Icelandic korta, Ger. kurz, etc.) and drove out the native words based on P.Gmc. *skurt-, but Eng. retains short.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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