terse

• adj.簡潔な、簡潔な、簡潔な

ラテン語のtersus（きれいな、きちんとした）から、tergere（こする、こする、拭く）から、おそらくPIE*ter（回す、こする、こする）から、語源的にはturn（回す、洗剤）と同じ。

terse

terse: [17] Terse originally meant ‘polished, smooth’ (‘This man … so laboured upon it that he left it smooth and terse’, Helkiah Crooke, Description of the Body of Man 1615). By the 18th century, however, the associated notion of ‘neatness’ had led on to ‘neatly concise’. The word’s present-day negative connotations of ‘brusqueness’ seem to be a comparatively recent development. It was borrowed from tersus, the past participle of Latin tergēre ‘wipe’ (source also of English detergent).
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terse (adj.)

1590s (implied in tersely), "clean-cut, burnished, neat," from French ters "clean," and directly from Latin tersus "wiped off, clean, neat," from past participle of tergere "to rub, polish, wipe." Sense of "concise or pithy in style or language" is from 1777, which led to a general sense of "neatly concise." The pejorative meaning "brusque" is a fairly recent development. Related: Terseness.

1. His tone was terse as he asked the question.

彼は質問する時語気が硬い。

2.The President issued a terse statement denying the charges.

大統領は、それらの告発を否定する簡単な声明を発表した。

3.Her reply about the matter was terse .

彼女のこの件に対する答えは簡潔で要点を得ている。

4.An example of her modus operandi was provided during a terse exchange with the defendant.

被告との短いコミュニケーションは彼女の独特なやり方を体現している。

5.He issued a terse statement，saying he is discusing his future with colleagues before announcing his decision on on Monday.

彼は同僚と将来について話し合っており、月曜日に彼の決定を発表するという短い声明を発表した。