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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. marked by rude or peremptory shortness;
- Example: "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"
- Example: "a curt reply"
- Example: "the salesgirl was very short with him"
[syn: brusque, brusk, curt, short(p)]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Brusque \Brusque\, a. [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.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

brusque
    adj 1: marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate
           a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl
           was very short with him" [syn: brusque, brusk,
           curt, short(p)]