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brusque
brusque [ brusk ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
abrupt: abrupt, blunt, or curt in manner or speech
[Early 17th century. Via French< late Latin bruscum "coarse, rough"]

brusque·ly adverb
brusque·ness noun
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