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   Brusque

   /brəsk/

   

   adjective

   • 1. abrupt or offhand in speech or manner: "she could be brusque and impatient"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from French, ‘lively, fierce’, from Italian brusco ‘sour’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. brusquely adverb
   • 2. brusqueness noun

   Scrabble Points: 18

   • B

     3

   • R

     1

   • U

     1

   • S

     1

   • Q

     10

   • U

     1

   • E

     1

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