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curt

See also: Curt

English

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Etymology

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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.

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curt (comparative curter, superlative curtest)

  1. Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.
    Synonyms: brusque, short
    • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “XVIII AND XIX”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
      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 […]
  2. Short or concise.

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Verb

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curt (third-person singular simple present curts, present participle curting, simple past and past participle curted)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To cut, cut short, shorten.
    • 1608, [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, “(please specify the page)”, in Josuah Sylvester, transl., Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Humfrey Lownes [and are to be sold by Arthur Iohnson […]], published 1611, →OCLC:
      Curting thy life, hee takes thy Card away.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin curtus.

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curt (feminine curta, masculine plural curts, feminine plural curtes)

  1. short
    Antonym: llarg

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Further reading

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin curtus.

Adjective

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curt m (feminine curte, masculine plural curts, feminine plural curtis)

  1. short
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Ladin

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Etymology

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From Latin curtus.

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curt m (feminine singular curta, masculine plural cursc, feminine plural curtes)

  1. brief, short
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Middle English

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Noun

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curt

  1. Alternative form of court

Old French

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Noun

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curt oblique singular, f (oblique plural curz or curtz, nominative singular curt, nominative plural curz or curtz)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of cort
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