Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Curtness or bluntness of manner.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
bruskness .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act or situation of being
brusque ; an abrupt or blunt quality.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This most mistaken opinion gives an indelicacy, a 'brusquerie', and a roughness to the manners.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1752 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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This most mistaken opinion gives an indelicacy, a 'brusquerie', and a roughness to the manners.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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-- Why have you bedizened yourself in that fashion? "he asked, with an affectation of 'brusquerie', as he tried to recover his power of speech.
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-- Why have you bedizened yourself in that fashion? "he asked, with an affectation of 'brusquerie', as he tried to recover his power of speech.
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Under the briskness and brusquerie, he was a softie and our respect for him was matched by our fondness.
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A female, whatever her age or rank may be, is invariably treated with deferential respect; and if this deference may occasionally trespass upon the limits of absurdity, or if the extinct chivalry of the past ages of Europe meets with a partial revival upon the shores of America, this extreme is vastly preferable to the _brusquerie_, if not incivility, which ladies, as
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“Jim” had parted with his brusquerie when we parted from the students, and was gentle and considerate beyond anything, though I knew that he must be grievously disappointed, both in my courage and strength.
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I hope you have not been so foolish as to take offence at any little brusquerie of mine; but no, that is improbable.
The Gold-Bug 2006
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This most mistaken opinion gives an indelicacy, a brusquerie, and a roughness to the manners.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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As far as my experience goes, our roughness and brusquerie are mere politeness compared with what passes between Easterns.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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