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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[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

See also: brusque and Brusque

brusqué m ‎(feminine singular brusquée, masculine plural brusqués, feminine plural brusquées)