terseadj.

Brit.

/təːs/, U.S.

/tərs/

Forms: Also 1600s terce, tearce, teirce.

Etymology: < Latin tersus, past participle of tergēre, tergĕre to wipe.

†1. Wiped, brushed; smoothed; clean-cut, sharp-cut; polished, burnished; neat, trim, spruce.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > tidy

queemc1450

trig1513

trimc1521

neat1594

polite1602

terse1602

unlittered1612

ship-shape1644

snod1717

tight1720

redd1753

(as) neat (also clean) as a (new) pin1769

mack1825

tidy1828

slick1833

ship-shapely1843

trimly1858

taut1870

the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective]

smeethc725

unroughOE

plaina1398

balghc1440

smoothc1440

glat1481

fair1486

handsmooth1530

terse1602

smooth-faced1647

sleekyc1725

smack-smooth1755

knotless1792

gleg1808

textureless1846

glabrous1860

unsculptured1891

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > neat or trim

netc1330

pertc1330

cleanc1386

nicec1400

picked?c1425

dapperc1440

feata1471

gim1513

trig1513

well-trimmedc1513

trick1533

smirk1534

tricksy1552

neat1559

netty1573

deft1579

primpc1590

briska1593

smug1598

spruce1598

sprink1602

terse1602

compt1632

nitle1673

sprig1675

snod1691

tight1697

smugged1706

snug1714

pensy1718

fitty1746

jemmy1751

sprucy1774

smartc1778

natty1785

spry1806

perjink1808

soigné1821

nutty1823

toiletted1823

taut1829

spick and span1846

spicy1846

groomed1853

spiffy1853

well-groomed1865

bandboxy1870

perjinkity1880

spick-span1888

bandbox1916

tiddly1925

whip-smart1937

spit and polish1950

spit-and-polished1977

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [adjective]

flatc1400

hardc1400

low-cheeredc1400

large?a1425

ruscledc1440

well-visagedc1440

platter-faced1533

well-faced1534

full-faced1543

fair-faced1553

bright-faceda1560

crab-faced1563

crab-snouted1563

crab-tree-faced1563

long-visaged1584

owlya1586

wainscot-faced1588

flaberkin1592

rough-hewn1593

angel-faced1594

round-faced1594

crab-favoured1596

rugged1596

weasel-faced1596

rough-faced1598

half-faced1600

chitty1601

lenten-faced1604

broad-faced1607

dog-faced1607

weaselled-faced1607

wry-faced1607

maid-faced1610

warp-faced1611

ill-faceda1616

lean-faceda1616

old-faceda1616

moon-faced1619

monkey-faced1620

chitty-face1622

chitty-faceda1627

lean-chapt1629

antic-faced1635

bloat-faced1638

bacon-facea1640

blue-faced1640

hatchet-faced1648

grave1650

lean-jawed1679

smock-faced1684

lean-visaged1686

flaber1687

baby-faced1692

splatter-faced1707

chubby1722

puggy1722

block-faced1751

haggard-looking1756

long-faced1762

haggardly1763

fresh-faced1766

dough-faced1773

pudding-faced1777

baby-featured1780

fat-faced1782

haggard1787

weazen-face1794

keen1798

ferret-like1801

lean-cheeked1812

mulberry-faced1812

open-faced1813

open-countenanced1819

chiselled1821

hatchety1821

misfeatured1822

terse1824

weazen-faced1824

mahogany-faced1825

clock-faced1827

sharp1832

sensual1833

beef-faced1838

weaselly1838

ferret-faced1840

sensuous1843

rat-faced1844

recedent1849

neat-faced1850

cherubimical1854

pinch-faced1859

cherubic1860

frownya1861

receding1866

weak1882

misfeaturing1885

platopic1885

platyopic1885

pro-opic1885

wind-splitting1890

falcon-face1891

blunt-featured1916

bun-faced1927

fish-faced1963

1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iii. i. sig. D3 I am enamord of this streete..tis so polite, and terse .

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe ii. sig. B4^v Ist neate, is it terse! am I hansome? ha!

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 20 This Man..so laboured vpon it, that he left it smooth and terce.

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Teirce, fine, neat, spruce.

1640 Bp. J. Wilkins Disc. New Planet (1707) ix. 256 The concave Superficies of that Sphere [the Moon] is usually supposed to be exactly terse and smooth.

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 39 Mrs. Frances' features..were rather terse and sharp.

†2. figurative. Polite, polished, refined, cultured: esp. in reference to language. Obsolete (passing into 3).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > [adjective]

polisheda1382

dainteousc1386

polite?a1500

delicatea1533

courtly1535

civil1551

court-like1552

well-refined1575

nice1588

perpolite1592

politic1596

soft1599

terse1628

refine1646

refined1650

elegant1652

genteel1678

chastea1797

spirituala1806

aesthetic1844

nicey1859

raffiné1865

nuttish1869

too-tooa1884

sophisticated1895

lavender1928

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered > polished or refined

well-polished1485

civil?1538

politic1596

cult1598

refined1598

inlanda1616

facete1616

urbane1623

terse1628

gentilitat1632

polite1751

politeful1832

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > refined or cultured

polite?a1500

fileda1533

facetious1542

exquisited1581

refined1582

smooth1589

perpolite1592

terse1628

washed1628

refine1646

parliamentary1789

literary1793

urbane1800

1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) i. ii. iii. xv. 132 A polite and terse Academicke.

1632 P. Massinger Emperour of East i. ii. sig. C2^v Your polite, and terser gallants.

1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. xii. 482 Castellio..hath turned the Whole Bible into Pure, Terse, Elegant Latin.

1774 T. Warton Hist Eng. Poetry (1840) I. Diss. ii. p. cxviii Henry of Huntingdon..was likewise a terse and polite Latin poet of this period.

1774 T. Warton Hist Eng. Poetry (1840) II. Diss. ii. xxvii. 365 A terse conciseness of sentences.

3. spec. Freed from verbal redundancy; neatly concise; compact and pithy in style or language. (The current use.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective]

sensiblea1393

eloquent1393

rhetoricc1450

mightya1500

pithy1529

grave1541

pithful1548

weighty1560

sappy1563

emphatical1567

fasta1568

thwacking1567

forceful1571

enforceable1589

energetical1596

eloquious1599

sinewy1600

emphatic1602

sinewed1604

strong1604

tonitruous1606

nervose1645

nervous1663

energetic1674

energic1683

strong1685

cogent1718

lapidary1724

forcible1726

authoritative1749

terse1777

telling1819

vigorous1821

sturdy1822

tonitruant1861

meaty1874

vertebrate1882

energized1887

jawy1898

heavy1970

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adjective] > concise and forcible

pithy1529

pithful1548

sappy1563

fasta1568

compact1576

close1670

terse1777

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > neat

neat1586

smug1607

featy1621

terse1777

1777 W. Whitehead Goat's Beard 1 In eight terse lines has Phædrus told..A tale of goats.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 16 (note) An eminently clear, terse, and spirited summary.

1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. I. 286 The tersest simplicity and most pregnant brevity of speech.

1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. x. 475 (note) The Peterborough Chronicler is almost startling in his terse brevity.

†4. Applied to claret; also absol. as n. Obsolete.Perhaps not the same word. Some suggest Thiers, name of a wine-producing place in Puy-de-Dôme.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > French wines > [noun] > Bordeaux red

claret?1533

Bordeauxc1570

Haut-Brion1663

terse1671

Margaux1705

Lafite1707

long cork1759

Médoc1793

loll-shraub1816

comet claret1828

Latour1833

Mouton1833

palus1833

St. Emilion1833

Larose1841

Pauillac1858

Pontet-Canet1860

Pomerol1866

Léoville1875

Mouton-Rothschild1880

1671 T. Shadwell Humorists iv, in Wks. (1720) I. 179 Must I stay 'till by the strength of terse claret you have wet yourself into courage.

1687 C. Sedley Bellamira ii. i I am so full I should spill terse at every jolt.

1687 C. Sedley Bellamira ii. i He grudg'd his money for honest terse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	terse
释义	terseadj. Brit. /təːs/, U.S. /tərs/ Forms: Also 1600s terce, tearce, teirce. Etymology: < Latin tersus, past participle of tergēre, tergĕre to wipe. †1. Wiped, brushed; smoothed; clean-cut, sharp-cut; polished, burnished; neat, trim, spruce. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > tidy queemc1450 trig1513 trimc1521 neat1594 polite1602 terse1602 unlittered1612 ship-shape1644 snod1717 tight1720 redd1753 (as) neat (also clean) as a (new) pin1769 mack1825 tidy1828 slick1833 ship-shapely1843 trimly1858 taut1870 the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] smeethc725 unroughOE plaina1398 balghc1440 smoothc1440 glat1481 fair1486 handsmooth1530 terse1602 smooth-faced1647 sleekyc1725 smack-smooth1755 knotless1792 gleg1808 textureless1846 glabrous1860 unsculptured1891 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > neat or trim netc1330 pertc1330 cleanc1386 nicec1400 picked?c1425 dapperc1440 feata1471 gim1513 trig1513 well-trimmedc1513 trick1533 smirk1534 tricksy1552 neat1559 netty1573 deft1579 primpc1590 briska1593 smug1598 spruce1598 sprink1602 terse1602 compt1632 nitle1673 sprig1675 snod1691 tight1697 smugged1706 snug1714 pensy1718 fitty1746 jemmy1751 sprucy1774 smartc1778 natty1785 spry1806 perjink1808 soigné1821 nutty1823 toiletted1823 taut1829 spick and span1846 spicy1846 groomed1853 spiffy1853 well-groomed1865 bandboxy1870 perjinkity1880 spick-span1888 bandbox1916 tiddly1925 whip-smart1937 spit and polish1950 spit-and-polished1977 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [adjective] flatc1400 hardc1400 low-cheeredc1400 large?a1425 ruscledc1440 well-visagedc1440 platter-faced1533 well-faced1534 full-faced1543 fair-faced1553 bright-faceda1560 crab-faced1563 crab-snouted1563 crab-tree-faced1563 long-visaged1584 owlya1586 wainscot-faced1588 flaberkin1592 rough-hewn1593 angel-faced1594 round-faced1594 crab-favoured1596 rugged1596 weasel-faced1596 rough-faced1598 half-faced1600 chitty1601 lenten-faced1604 broad-faced1607 dog-faced1607 weaselled-faced1607 wry-faced1607 maid-faced1610 warp-faced1611 ill-faceda1616 lean-faceda1616 old-faceda1616 moon-faced1619 monkey-faced1620 chitty-face1622 chitty-faceda1627 lean-chapt1629 antic-faced1635 bloat-faced1638 bacon-facea1640 blue-faced1640 hatchet-faced1648 grave1650 lean-jawed1679 smock-faced1684 lean-visaged1686 flaber1687 baby-faced1692 splatter-faced1707 chubby1722 puggy1722 block-faced1751 haggard-looking1756 long-faced1762 haggardly1763 fresh-faced1766 dough-faced1773 pudding-faced1777 baby-featured1780 fat-faced1782 haggard1787 weazen-face1794 keen1798 ferret-like1801 lean-cheeked1812 mulberry-faced1812 open-faced1813 open-countenanced1819 chiselled1821 hatchety1821 misfeatured1822 terse1824 weazen-faced1824 mahogany-faced1825 clock-faced1827 sharp1832 sensual1833 beef-faced1838 weaselly1838 ferret-faced1840 sensuous1843 rat-faced1844 recedent1849 neat-faced1850 cherubimical1854 pinch-faced1859 cherubic1860 frownya1861 receding1866 weak1882 misfeaturing1885 platopic1885 platyopic1885 pro-opic1885 wind-splitting1890 falcon-face1891 blunt-featured1916 bun-faced1927 fish-faced1963 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iii. i. sig. D3 I am enamord of this streete..tis so polite, and terse . View more context for this quotation 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe ii. sig. B4^v Ist neate, is it terse! am I hansome? ha! 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 20 This Man..so laboured vpon it, that he left it smooth and terce. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Teirce, fine, neat, spruce. 1640 Bp. J. Wilkins Disc. New Planet (1707) ix. 256 The concave Superficies of that Sphere [the Moon] is usually supposed to be exactly terse and smooth. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 39 Mrs. Frances' features..were rather terse and sharp. †2. figurative. Polite, polished, refined, cultured: esp. in reference to language. Obsolete (passing into 3). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > [adjective] polisheda1382 dainteousc1386 polite?a1500 delicatea1533 courtly1535 civil1551 court-like1552 well-refined1575 nice1588 perpolite1592 politic1596 soft1599 terse1628 refine1646 refined1650 elegant1652 genteel1678 chastea1797 spirituala1806 aesthetic1844 nicey1859 raffiné1865 nuttish1869 too-tooa1884 sophisticated1895 lavender1928 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered > polished or refined well-polished1485 civil?1538 politic1596 cult1598 refined1598 inlanda1616 facete1616 urbane1623 terse1628 gentilitat1632 polite1751 politeful1832 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > refined or cultured polite?a1500 fileda1533 facetious1542 exquisited1581 refined1582 smooth1589 perpolite1592 terse1628 washed1628 refine1646 parliamentary1789 literary1793 urbane1800 1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) i. ii. iii. xv. 132 A polite and terse Academicke. 1632 P. Massinger Emperour of East i. ii. sig. C2^v Your polite, and terser gallants. 1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. xii. 482 Castellio..hath turned the Whole Bible into Pure, Terse, Elegant Latin. 1774 T. Warton Hist Eng. Poetry (1840) I. Diss. ii. p. cxviii Henry of Huntingdon..was likewise a terse and polite Latin poet of this period. 1774 T. Warton Hist Eng. Poetry (1840) II. Diss. ii. xxvii. 365 A terse conciseness of sentences. 3. spec. Freed from verbal redundancy; neatly concise; compact and pithy in style or language. (The current use.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] sensiblea1393 eloquent1393 rhetoricc1450 mightya1500 pithy1529 grave1541 pithful1548 weighty1560 sappy1563 emphatical1567 fasta1568 thwacking1567 forceful1571 enforceable1589 energetical1596 eloquious1599 sinewy1600 emphatic1602 sinewed1604 strong1604 tonitruous1606 nervose1645 nervous1663 energetic1674 energic1683 strong1685 cogent1718 lapidary1724 forcible1726 authoritative1749 terse1777 telling1819 vigorous1821 sturdy1822 tonitruant1861 meaty1874 vertebrate1882 energized1887 jawy1898 heavy1970 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adjective] > concise and forcible pithy1529 pithful1548 sappy1563 fasta1568 compact1576 close1670 terse1777 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > neat neat1586 smug1607 featy1621 terse1777 1777 W. Whitehead Goat's Beard 1 In eight terse lines has Phædrus told..A tale of goats. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 16 (note) An eminently clear, terse, and spirited summary. 1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. I. 286 The tersest simplicity and most pregnant brevity of speech. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. x. 475 (note) The Peterborough Chronicler is almost startling in his terse brevity. †4. Applied to claret; also absol. as n. Obsolete.Perhaps not the same word. Some suggest Thiers, name of a wine-producing place in Puy-de-Dôme. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > French wines > [noun] > Bordeaux red claret?1533 Bordeauxc1570 Haut-Brion1663 terse1671 Margaux1705 Lafite1707 long cork1759 Médoc1793 loll-shraub1816 comet claret1828 Latour1833 Mouton1833 palus1833 St. Emilion1833 Larose1841 Pauillac1858 Pontet-Canet1860 Pomerol1866 Léoville1875 Mouton-Rothschild1880 1671 T. Shadwell Humorists iv, in Wks. (1720) I. 179 Must I stay 'till by the strength of terse claret you have wet yourself into courage. 1687 C. Sedley Bellamira ii. i I am so full I should spill terse at every jolt. 1687 C. Sedley Bellamira ii. i He grudg'd his money for honest terse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1602
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