terseness
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terseness — terse ► ADJECTIVE (terser, tersest) ▪ sparing in the use of words; abrupt. DERIVATIVES tersely adverb terseness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «polished, trim»: from Latin tersus wiped, polished … English terms dictionary
Terseness — Terse Terse, a. [Compar. {Terser}; superl. {Tersest}.] [L. tersus, p. p. of tergere to rub or wipe off.] 1. Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Many stones, . . . although terse and smooth, have… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
terseness — noun see terse … New Collegiate Dictionary
terseness — noun The characteristic of being terse … Wiktionary
terseness — terse·ness || tÉœrsnɪs /tÉœËs n. conciseness, succinctness, curtness, abruptness … English contemporary dictionary
terseness — terse·ness … English syllables
terseness — noun a neatly short and concise expressive style • Ant: ↑verboseness • Derivationally related forms: ↑terse • Hypernyms: ↑expressive style, ↑style • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
POETRY — This article is arranged according to the following outline (for modern poetry, see hebrew literature , Modern; see also prosody ): biblical poetry introduction the search for identifiable indicators of biblical poetry the presence of poetry in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Ed (text editor) — ed is the standard text editor on the Unix operating system. ed was originally written by Ken Thompson and contains one of the first implementations of regular expressions. Prior to that implementation, the concept of regular expressions was only … Wikipedia
poetry — ‘All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings’ (William Wordsworth, 1801). The distinction in modern literature between prose and poetry is difficult to apply to the Bible, but there is a tradition that regards certain OT… … Dictionary of the Bible
