‖ brusquerie
(bryskəri)
[Fr., f. brusque.]
Bluntness, abruptness of manner, brusqueness.
| 1752 Chesterfield Lett. 275 (1792) III. 258 This most mistaken opinion gives an indelicacy, a brusquerie, and a roughness to the manners. 1817 M. Edgeworth Ormond lv. (1832) 172 You will lose this little brusquerie of manner..when you have mixed a little more with mankind. 1853 Ruskin Stones Ven. II. vi. §74. 204 Always quickset; erring, if at all, ever on the side of brusquerie. |