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terse1590s (implied in tersely), "clean-cut, burnished, neat," from French ters "clean," and directly from Latin tersus "wiped off, clean, neat," from past participle of terge [..]
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terseadj. Pithy.
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terse(adj) brief and to the point; effectively cut short
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