adj.
Variant: also brusk
Pronunciation: ' br ə sk
Function: adjective
Etymology: French brusque, from Italian brusco, from Medieval Latin bruscus butcher's-broom (plant with bristly twigs)
Date: 1651
1 : markedly short and abrupt
2 : blunt in manner or speech often to the point of ungracious harshness
synonyms see BLUFF
– brusque · ly adverb
– brusque · ness noun