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What is the difference between brusk and brusque?

brusk | brusque |

Brusque is a alternative form of brusk.



As adjectives the difference between brusk and brusque

is that brusk is an alternative spelling of lang=en while brusque is rudely abrupt, unfriendly.

brusk

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
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    brusque

    English

    Alternative forms

    * brusk

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Rudely abrupt, unfriendly.
  • * 1858 , , Dr Thorne , ch. 3:
    • He was brusque , authoritative, given to contradiction, rough though never dirty in his personal belongings, and inclined to indulge in a sort of quiet raillery.

    Quotations

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    Related terms

    * brusquely * brusqueness

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