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  • 11Curt — (oder auch Kunz) ist die altdeutsche Benennung von Conradus …

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  • 12curt — index caustic, compact (pithy), laconic, succinct, taciturn Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 13curt — Mot Monosíl·lab Adverbi …

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  • 14curt — mid 14c., from L. curtus (cut) short, shortened, incomplete, from PIE root * (s)ker to cut (see SHORT (Cf. short)). Sense of rude is first recorded 1831. The Latin word was adopted early into most Germanic languages (Cf. Icelandic korta, Ger.… …

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  • 15curt — brusque, blunt, crusty, gruff, *bluff Analogous words: laconic, terse, summary, *concise: *brief, short: snappish, waspish, *irritable: peremptory, imperious (see MASTERFUL) Antonyms: voluble …

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  • 16curt — [adj] abrupt, rude blunt, breviloquent, brief, brusque, churlish, compendiary, compendious, concise, crusty, gruff, imperious, laconic, offhand, peremptory, pithy, sharp, short, short and sweet, snappish, snippety, snippy, succinct, summary, tart …

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  • 17curt — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ noticeable or rudely brief. DERIVATIVES curtly adverb curtness noun. ORIGIN Latin curtus cut short, abridged …

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  • 18curt|sy — «KURT see», noun, plural sies, verb, sied, sy|ing. –n. a bow of respect or greeting by women and girls, made by bending the knees and lowering the body slightly or almost to the floor: »Her low curtsy to the queen was a gesture of respect. –v.i …

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  • 19Curt — Kurt ist ein verbreiteter männlicher Vorname. Varianten sind: Cord, Curd, Curt (engl.) Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Herkunft und Bedeutung des Namens 2 Namenstag 3 Berühmte Namensträger 3.1 Vorname …

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  • 20curt — UK [kɜː(r)t] / US [kɜrt] adjective Word forms curt : adjective curt comparative curter superlative curtest using few words in a way that shows you are impatient or angry a curt reply/note/announcement She apologized for being so curt with me.… …

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