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Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: Italian brusco, from Medieval Latin bruscus type of bush with sharp points

brusque

 adjective
     
brusque
using very few words in a way that seems rude [= abrupt]:
a brusque manner
—brusquely adverb
—brusqueness noun [uncountable]
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