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briskness|ˈbrɪsknɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being brisk; smartness or sharpness of motion; liveliness, quickness, activity.
a1655R. Robinson in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. lxv. 10 [The rain] begets a kind of briskness in the sensitive creatures. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 125 To leap forth into nimble freaks and brisknesses. 1839Sat. Mag. Suppl. June 253/2 The animals..are not remarkable for briskness of motion. 1879H. George Progr. & Pov. ix. iii, The increased briskness of trade.
b. Agreeable sharpness of taste, freshness; effervescent quality. Also transf. (of air) and fig.
1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Cask, The Briskness of the Drink [cider]. 1816L. Hunt Rimini i. ix, A balmy briskness comes upon the breeze. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. I. 215 Champagne and other sparkling wines owe their briskness to the presence of carbonic acid. 1880Times 26 July 9/4 Topics that have lost their briskness.
†c. Abrupt blunt manner; brusqueness. Obs.
1668Pepys Diary 13 Nov., There is no way to rule the King but by brisknesse, which the Duke of Buckingham hath above all men. |