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Definition of Brusque
1. Adjective. Marked by rude or peremptory shortness. "The salesgirl was very short with him"
Similar to: Discourteous
Derivative terms: Brusqueness, Curtness, Shortness
Definition of Brusque
1. a. Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style.
Definition of Brusque
1. Adjective. Rudely abrupt, unfriendly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brusque
1. abrupt in manner [adj BRUSQUER, BRUSQUEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brusque
Literary usage of Brusque
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Robert Merry's Museum by Samuel G Goodrich (1842)
"Now Philip brusque was rather a proud man, and it was very strange to see him
waiting upon the ... brusque brought him fruit and water, and all he wanted, ..."
2. Darwinism and Human Life: The South African Lectures for 1909 by John Arthur Thomson (1910)
"... Amount of Variations —Correlation of Variations—brusque Variations more Frequent
than was formerly supposed—Discontinuous Variations— Mutations—Darwin's ..."
3. Darwinism and Human Life: The South African Lectures for 1909 by John Arthur Thomson (1911)
"... Amount of Variations —Correlation of Variations—brusque Variations more Frequent
than was formerly supposed—Discontinuous Variations— Mutations—Darwin's ..."
4. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1891)
"But Dorrien, as he now sat at the dinner table, serious, absorbed, intent—Dorrien,
brusque and inattentive on the one hand, enchained, impassioned on the ..."
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