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Senso (Inglese)

  1. (broadly) Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.
  2. (broadly) Of manner or speech: abruptly or brusquely short; curt.
  3. (obsolete) Burnished, polished; fine, smooth; neat, spruce.

Opposto di
prolix, verbose, wordy, concise, taciturn, unverbose
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/tɜːs/
Etimologia (Inglese)

From Latin tersus (“clean, cleansed, rubbed or wiped off; neat, spruce; terse”), perfect passive participle of Latin tergeō, tergō (“to clean, cleanse, rub, wipe, wipe off”).

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