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curt

1

[ kurt ]

adjective

, curt·er, curt·est.
  1. rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner.

    Synonyms: sharp, snappish

  2. brief; concise; terse; laconic.
  3. short; shortened.

    Synonyms: abbreviated



Curt

2

[ kurt ]

noun

  1. a male given name, form of Curtis.

curt

/ kɜːt /

adjective

  1. rudely blunt and brief; abrupt

    a curt reply

  2. short or concise
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈcurtly, adverb
  • ˈcurtness, noun
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Other Words From

  • curt·ly adverb
  • curt·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of curt1

First recorded in 1620–30, curt is from the Latin word curtus “shortened, short, cut short”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of curt1

C17: from Latin curtus cut short, mutilated
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Synonym Study

See blunt.
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Example Sentences

The man who called me, a long-retired Chicago police officer, was alternately charming and curt.

Former Red Sox star Curt Schilling says his politics are keeping him out of Cooperstown.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, a darling of the left who identifies as a democratic socialist, was curt.

The senator also is curt on the subject of the D.C. political magazine that scores the votes of every member of Congress.

Wilson, who spoke to The Daily Beast from a cab on his way back up to Harlem, is curt and cold in conversation.

Curt Smith of Tears for Fears played himself in the fifth season episode “Shawn 2.0.”

Curt as is the cable it has yet scope to show up a little more of our great K.'s outfit.

It seemed to her that she had lived for a century since the few hours before when Madame Malmaison had given her a curt dismissal.

"That will do," said Halyard, ungraciously, which curt phrase was apparently the usual dismissal for the nurse.

Had it not been for occasional curt, illuminative questions, Peter Gross might have thought him asleep.

There came the hard, curt questions and the command: "Outside—hurry!"

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