TERSE, adjective ters. [Latin tersus, from tergo, to wipe.]
Cleanly written; neat; elegant without pompousness; as terse language; a terse style.
Diffus'd, yet terse poetical, though plain.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.