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单词 brusqueness
释义

brusquenessn.

Etymology: Formed as brusque adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbrusqueness.
The quality of being brusque or off-handed; bluntness.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > curtness or brusqueness
abruptness1591
snappishness1598
bluntness1608
cuttedness1622
briskness1668
bluntishness1691
snappinga1734
brusquerie1752
off-handedness1823
brusqueness1859
bluffness1863
curtness1882
1859 A. Helps Friends in Council New Ser. II. vii. 137 Their sensitiveness is shocked by his brusqueness.
1884 Roe in Harper's Mag. June 92/1 Kindness, and..girlish brusqueness were..equally blended.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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