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The definition of curt is a statement, response or reply that is very short and potentially rude.

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An example of curt is when someone asks how your day was and you snap "fine!"

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See curt in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Archaic short or shortened
brief, esp. to the point of rudeness; terse or brusque: a curt reply

Origin: L curtus: see short

Related Forms:

curtly adverb
curtness noun

See curt in American Heritage Dictionary 4

curt

adjective curt·er, curt·est

Rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner. See Synonyms at gruff.
Using few words; terse.
Having been shortened.

Origin: Middle English, short, brief, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin curtus; see sker-¹ in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

curtly curtˈly adverb

curtness curtˈness noun

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