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brisk
English
Etymology
Uncertain. Compare Welsh brwysg and French brusque.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??sk/
- Rhymes: -?sk
Adjective
brisk (comparative brisker or more brisk, superlative briskest or most brisk)
- Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action
- Synonyms: lively, spirited, quick
- We took a brisk walk yesterday.
- Full of spirit of life; effervescing
- (archaic) sparkling; fizzy
- brisk cider
- Stimulating or invigorating.
- This morning was a brisk fall day. It wasn't cold enough for frost, but you wanted to keep moving.
- Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 15
- Her manner was brisk, and her good-breeding scarcely concealed her conviction that if you were not a soldier you might as well be a counter-jumper.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 15
Translations
See also
- brusque
Verb
brisk (third-person singular simple present brisks, present participle brisking, simple past and past participle brisked)
- (transitive, intransitive, often with "up") To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate.
Further reading
- brisk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- brisk in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- brisk at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Birks, birks
Albanian
Etymology
From brej, possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *bhrisqo- (“bitter”). Compare Norwegian brisk (“bitter taste”), brisken (“bitter, sharp”), Welsh brysg, French brusque, Russian ????????? (brezgát?, “nauseate, feel disgust”), English brisk.
Noun
brisk m
- razor
- sharp, smart, keen, freezing cold
Lithuanian
Alternative forms
- briski
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [b?r??s?k]
Verb
brìsk
- second-person singular imperative of bristi
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Possibly onomatopoetic of the sound made when put on fire.
Noun
brisk m (definite singular brisken, indefinite plural briskar, definite plural briskane)
- juniper
Synonyms
- brake, einer
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German britse, britsche, briske.
Noun
brisk m (definite singular brisken, indefinite plural briskar, definite plural briskane)
- a wall-bound sleeping bench
References
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terse
English
Etymology
From Latin tersus (“clean, cleansed, rubbed or wiped off; neat, spruce; terse”), perfect passive participle of terg?, terge? (“to clean, cleanse, rub, wipe, wipe off”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh?- (“to rub; to turn”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t??s/
- (Canada, US) IPA(key): /t??s/
- Rhymes: -??(?)s
Adjective
terse (comparative terser, superlative tersest)
- (by extension) Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.
- Synonyms: concise, succinct, see also Thesaurus:concise
- Antonyms: prolix, verbose, wordy, see also Thesaurus:verbose
- (by extension) Of manner or speech: abruptly or brusquely short; curt.
- Synonyms: abrupt, brusque, (dialectal) mardy, short-spoken
- (obsolete) Burnished, polished; fine, smooth; neat, spruce. [from early 17th c.]
Derived terms
- tersely
- terseness
Translations
References
Further reading
- concision on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Ester, Reset, Steer, ester, estre, re-est., reest, reset, retes, seter, steer, stere, teers, teres, trees
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?terse?/, [?t?e?rs?e?(?)]
- Rhymes: -erse
- Syllabification: ter?se
Interjection
terse
- (humorous) hi, hello
Anagrams
- Ester
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??s/
- Homophones: tersent, terses
Verb
terse
- first-person singular present indicative of terser
- third-person singular present indicative of terser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of terser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of terser
- second-person singular imperative of terser
Anagrams
- ester, estre, êtres, reste, resté, stère, stéré
Italian
Verb
terse
- third-person singular past historic of tergere
Participle
terse f pl
- feminine plural of terso
Adjective
terse
- feminine plural of terso
Anagrams
- Ester
Latin
Participle
terse
- vocative masculine singular of tersus
Venetian
Adjective
terse f pl
- feminine plural of terso
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