Hypertext Webster Gateway: "brusque"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Brusque \Brusque\, a. [F. brusque, from It. brusco brusque,
tart, sour, perh. fr. L. (vitis) labrusca wild (vine); or cf.
OHG. bruttisc grim, fr. brutti terror.]
Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a
brusque man; a brusque style.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
brusque
adj : marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a
less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl
was very short with him" [syn: {brusk}, {curt}, {short(p)}]
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