brusque

English

Alternative forms

• brusk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bruːsk/, SAMPA: /bru:sk/

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Adjective

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.

Quotations

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Related terms

• brusquely
• brusqueness

Translations

rudely abrupt, unfriendly

Armenian: բռի (hy) (bṙi) Bulgarian: груб (bg), рязък (bg), безцеремонен (bg) Czech: bryskní (cs) Dutch: bruusk (nl) Finnish: töykeä (fi) German: brüskierend (de), brüsk (de) Hungarian: nyers (hu), durva (hu) Icelandic: þurr á manninn (is), þurr á manninn (is) m., stuttur í spuna (is) m., stuttaralegur (is) m., hranalegur (is) m., byrstur (is) m., ruddalegur (is) m.

Indonesian: serampangan, kasar, hantam kromo Italian: brusco (it) m., brusca (it) f. Polish: opryskliwy (pl) m., szorstki (pl) m. Portuguese: brusco (pt) m., brusca (pt) f. Russian: грубый (ru), резкий (ru) Swedish: brysk (sv)

References

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

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French

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Etymology

From Italian brusco.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bʁysk/

• brusque

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Adjective

brusque (epicene, plural brusques)

1. abrupt (sudden or hasty)