brusque
or brusk
[ bruhsk; especially British broosk ]
/ brʌsk; especially British brʊsk /
adjective
abrupt in manner; blunt; rough: A brusque welcome greeted his unexpected return.
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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.
Its your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.
It’s your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game were going to play.
It’s your turn to pick the movie, but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUTOrigin of brusque
1595–1605; < Middle French < Italian brusco rough, tart, special use of brusco (noun) butcher's broom < Late Latin brūscum, for Latin rūscus, rūscum, perhaps conflated with Vulgar Latin *brūcus heather (see brier2)
synonym study for brusque
See blunt.
OTHER WORDS FROM brusque
brusque·ly, adverbbrusque·ness, nounWords nearby brusque
brushpopper, brushup, brushwood, brushwork, brushy, brusque, brusquerie, brussels, brussels carpet, brussels griffon, brussels lace
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British Dictionary definitions for brusque
brusque
/ (bruːsk, brʊsk) /
adjective
blunt or curt in manner or speech
Derived forms of brusque
brusquely, adverbbrusqueness or rare brusquerie (ˈbruːskərɪ), nounWord Origin for brusque
C17: from French, from Italian brusco sour, rough, from Medieval Latin bruscus butcher's broom
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