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brusque

adj
/bɹʊsk/UK/bɹʌsk/US

Etymology

The adjective is borrowed from French brusque, from Italian brusco (“abrupt, sudden, brusque; brisk; eager; sour, tart; unripe; grim-looking”); further etymology unknown. The verb is derived from the adjective.

  1. derived from brusco — “abrupt, sudden, brusque; brisk; eager; sour, tart; unripe; grim-looking”
  2. borrowed from brusque

Definitions

  1. Rudely abrupt

    Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly.

    • [A]ll the answer Miss Jarron got was a brusque refusal, followed by Mr. Camperton's retreat from the piano.
    • Father Falkener vvas, at the time of this viſit, 'about ſeventy years of age, active in mind and body, bruſque in his manners,' and very communicative.

  2. Sour, tart.

    • [T]he thin and bruske harſh vvine doth nouriſh the bodie leſſe, but yet more agreeable and nutritive it is to the ſtomack.

  3. To act towards (someone or something) in a curt or rudely abrupt manner.

    • Had this been done, Denine had not been bruſqued and carried by Villars at the firſt aſſault, […]
    • He was indefatigable while he stayed and took true pains, but he brusqued the ministers too much, and I found after he was gone that he had thereby given more offense than I could have imagined.
    • Not that I suspect you of thus brusquing matters. It is rather my own fault where, which is too often the case, I am not too negligent about the spiritual concerns of my friends.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA