brusquerie

[ broos-kuh-ree; French bryskuh-ree ]

noun
  1. abruptness and bluntness in manner; brusqueness.

Origin of brusquerie

1
First recorded in 1750–55; from French brusque + -erie; see origin at brusque, -ery

Words Nearby brusquerie

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How to use brusquerie in a sentence

  • To conceal this he made use of a brusquerie of speech and manner that was merely a cloak to his real nervousness.

    Grey Town | Gerald Baldwin
  • "I shan't see that," said Kindelon, with an amused brusquerie.

  • The flat brusquerie of her two remarks to the man had struck her own ear unpleasantly: they were neither polished nor courteous.

    V. V.'s Eyes | Henry Sydnor Harrison
  • John Abernethy, the pupil and friend of John Hunter, was remarkable for eccentricity and brusquerie in his dealings with patients.

  • This most mistaken opinion gives an indelicacy, a 'brusquerie', and a roughness to the manners.