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   Curt

   /kərt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. rudely brief: "his reply was curt"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘short, shortened’): from Latin curtus ‘cut short, abridged’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. curtly adverb
   • 2. curtness noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • C

     3

   • U

     1

   • R

     1

   • T

     1

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