Look up: brusque

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   brusque
   [adj] - marked by rude or peremptory shortness
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   Brusque
   Brusque adjective [ French brusque , from Italian brusco brusque, tart, sour, perhaps from Latin ( vitis ) labrusca wild (vine); or confer Old High German bruttisc grim, from brutti terror.] Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/106
   
   
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   brusque
   brusk adjective marked by rude or peremptory shortness; `try to cultivate a less brusque manner`; `a curt reply`; `the salesgirl was very short with him`
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   Brusque
   `Brusque` can refer to: *Brusque, Aveyron: A French commune in the department of Aveyron and the region Midi-Pyrénées. (See in the French language wikipedia) *Brusque, Brazil: A Brazilian municipality in the state of Santa Catarina. (See in the Portuguese language wikipedia)
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brusque
   
   
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   Brusque
   • (a.) Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style.
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   Brusque
   (from the article `Santa Catarina`) ...of non-Portuguese peoples occurred. Germans arrived as early as 1829 and came in great numbers during the 1850s, settling along the coastal ...
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/122