brusque
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brusque¹
- /bɹʊsk/ UK
- /bɹuːsk/ UK
- /bɹʌsk/ UK
- /bɹʌsk/ US
Rhymes with -ʌsk, -ʊsk, -uːsk
Where it comes from
The adjective is borrowed from French brusque, from Italian brusco (“abrupt, sudden, brusque; brisk; eager; sour, tart; unripe; grim-looking”); further etymology unknown.
The verb is derived from the adjective.
adjective brusquer · more brusque · brusquest · most brusque · brusk
- Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly. Mr. VValler, being probably of opinion that Monſieur Palamede’s arguments vvere too bruſque to be advanc’d in a diſpute vvith a Lady, vvho number’d not fevver than tvventy Kings of her progenitors, vvrote this poem in a more tender and courtly ſtyle; […]
- Sour, tart. [T]he thin and bruske harſh vvine doth nouriſh the bodie leſſe, but yet more agreeable and nutritive it is to the ſtomack.
verb brusques · brusquing · brusqued
- To act towards (someone or something) in a curt or rudely abrupt manner. Had this been done, Denine had not been bruſqued and carried by Villars at the firſt aſſault, […]
Brusque²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Portuguese Brusque.
proper noun
- A municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Brusque³
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French Brusque.
proper noun
- A commune of Aveyron department, Occitania, France.
Translations
Every language
adj rudely abrupt — see also curt, unfriendly
| Español | brusco, abrupto |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 무디다 mudida |
| 日本語 | ぶっきら棒な bukkirabō na, 無礼な burei na, けんもほろろ kenmohororo, 素っ気無い, 素っ気ない sokkenai, 素気無い |
| 中文 | 粗暴 cūbào, 唐突 tángtū, 無禮 /无礼 wúlǐ |
| Português | brusco |
| Français | brusque |
| Deutsch | brüsk, brüskierend, plötzlich |
| Italiano | brusco, sbrigativo, spicciativo, spiccio |
| Ελληνικά | απότομος apótomos, ανάγωγος anágogos, σκαιός skaiós |
| Русский | бесцеремо́нный besceremónnyj, гру́бый grúbyj, ре́зкий rézkij |
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