curt en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /kɝt/ (General-American)
- /kɜːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
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.
Meanings
-
Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.
Again I begged her to keep an eye on her blood pressure and not get so worked up, and once more she brushed me off, this time with a curt request that I would go and boil my head. [...] Beginning with a curt “Listen, Buster,” she proceeded to sketch out with admirable clearness the salient points in the situation as she envisaged it […]
1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “XVIII AND XIX”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
- Short or concise.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| curtest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| curter | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (64)
pt áspero (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · es lacónico (short or concise) · cs odměřený (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · de knapp (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · ru отрывистый (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · de kurzgefasst (short or concise) · de kurzangebunden (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · mk сте́гнат (short or concise) · es cortante (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · es conciso (short or concise) · de schroff (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · pt brusco (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · ru сжатый (short or concise) · pt conciso (short or concise) · ru немногословный (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · hu rövid (short or concise) · es sucinto (short or concise) · bg сбит (short or concise) · de kurz (short or concise) · sv korthuggen (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · mk зби́ен (short or concise) · fr sommaire (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · ga gearrbhéalach (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · pt curto (short or concise) · sv tvär (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · hu tömör (short or concise) · es telegráfico (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · fi töykeä (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · es curto (short or concise) · cs bryskní (short or concise) · bg кратък (short or concise) · pt sucinto (short or concise) · mk ла́конски (short or concise) · es parco (short or concise) · hu kurta (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · ru лаконичный (short or concise) · es parco (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · mk о́стар (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · cs strohý (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · es corto (short or concise) · fi lyhyt (short or concise) · de barsch (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · ca eixut (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · cs strohý (short or concise) · sv brysk (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · cs stručný (short or concise) · es seco (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · fi niukkasanainen (short or concise) · ga gearr-abartha (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · gl curto (short or concise) · ru односложный (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · ca brusc (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · de brüsk (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · es escueto (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · fi tyly (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · fi tiivis (short or concise) · pt seco (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · mk кра́ток (short or concise) · cs úsečný (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · hu rövidített (short or concise) · fr abrupt (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · es escueto (short or concise) · bg лаконичен (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude) · es brusco (brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude)