tersenessn.
/ˈtəːsnɪs/ The quality of being terse:† a. of being clean-cut; sharpness or smoothness of outline. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > beauty of shape or form > [noun] > smoothness of outline
terseness1802
the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [noun] > smooth contour > having smooth contours
terseness1802
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [noun] > state of having
terseness1802
haggardness1841
1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xv. 294 The compactness of its form, arising from the terseness of its limbs.
1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 183 A well~made little man..with considerable terseness of feature.
b. Polish, elegance, or neatness of style; in modern use, Neat and forcible conciseness.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [noun] > neatness
neatness1548
cleanness1581
terseness1782
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [noun]
fastness?a1200
compendiousness1398
short speaking14..
shortness?c1450
brevity1509
briefness1530
pithiness1557
laconism1570
succinctness1609
parsimony1650
laconicism1656
nexility1656
syntomy1656
conciseness1659
closeness1712
compendiosity1727
pressness1728
abruptness1731
concision1774
laconicalness1830
compactness1841
terseness1864
Spartanhood1880
Spartanism1880
brachylogy1882–3
condensity1885
1782 J. Warton Ess. on Pope (new ed.) II. xi. 314 Gay..wrote with neatness, and terseness.
1808 H. More Cœlebs in Search of Wife I. ii. 21 For giving a terseness and a polish to conversation..nothing is equal to the miscellaneous society of London.
1864 Sat. Rev. 31 Dec. 801/2 Landor had a..terseness and force of expression, which arrested the attention and won the admiration of his immediate contemporaries.
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