brusqueness

noun

brusqueness

noun

Etymology From brusque + -ness.

1

Usually The state or quality of being brusque; brusque behaviour.

  • Syed Hassan felt somewhat ashamed of his brusqueness, his rudeness, his boasting.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 517:

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