brusque also brusk 
(brŭsk)
(brŭsk)adj.
Abrupt and curt in manner or speech; discourteously blunt. See Synonyms at gruff.
[French, lively, fierce, from Italian brusco, coarse, rough, from Late Latin brūscum, perhaps blend of Latin rūscus, butcher's broom, and Late Latin brūcus, heather; see BRIAR1.]
brusquely adv.
brusqueness n.