brusquerie

[ broos-kuh-ree; French bryskuh-ree ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

First recorded in 1750–55; from French brusque + -erie; brusque ( def ), -ery ( def )

To conceal this he made use of a brusquerie of speech and manner that was merely a cloak to his real nervousness.

"I shan't see that," said Kindelon, with an amused brusquerie.

The flat brusquerie of her two remarks to the man had struck her own ear unpleasantly: they were neither polished nor courteous.

John Abernethy, the pupil and friend of John Hunter, was remarkable for eccentricity and brusquerie in his dealings with patients.

This most mistaken opinion gives an indelicacy, a 'brusquerie', and a roughness to the manners.

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