[f. CURT a. + -NESS.] The quality of being curt.
1762. Kames, Elem. Crit., II. 130 (L.). The sense must be curtailed … to make it square with the curtness of the melody.
1882. ‘Ouida,’ Maremma, I. 94. She spoke with curtness.
[f. CURT a. + -NESS.] The quality of being curt.
1762. Kames, Elem. Crit., II. 130 (L.). The sense must be curtailed … to make it square with the curtness of the melody.
1882. ‘Ouida,’ Maremma, I. 94. She spoke with curtness.
