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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
brusque /brʊsk, bruːsk/
▶adjective abrupt or offhand.
– derivatives
brusquely adverb,
brusqueness noun,
brusquerie /ˈbrʊsk(ə)riː, ˈbruː-/ noun (archaic).
brusquely adverb,
brusqueness noun,
brusquerie /ˈbrʊsk(ə)riː, ˈbruː-/ noun (archaic).
– origin C17: from Fr., ‘lively, fierce’, from Ital. brusco ‘sour’.
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