brusque

• brusk

From French brusque, from Italian brusco (“rude, sharp, sour”); origin unknown.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɹuːsk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /bɹʌsk/

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• Rhymes: -ʌsk

brusque (comparative brusquer or more brusque, superlative brusquest or most brusque)

1. Rudely abrupt, unfriendly.
   • 1858, Anthony Trollope, Dr Thorne, ch. 3:

     He was brusque, authoritative, given to contradiction, rough though never dirty in his personal belongings, and inclined to indulge in a sort of quiet raillery.

• For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:brusque.

• brusquely
• brusqueness

• brusque in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• brusque in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• brusque at OneLook Dictionary Search

Borrowed from Italian brusco.

• IPA^(key): /bʁysk/

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brusque (plural brusques)

1. abrupt (sudden or hasty)

   Synonyms: abrupt, brutal

2. curt

brusque

1. first-person singular present indicative of brusquer
2. third-person singular present indicative of brusquer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of brusquer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of brusquer
5. second-person singular imperative of brusquer

• “brusque” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).