brusquerien.
/ˈbrʊskəri/, /ˈbruːskəri/, /ˈbrʌskəri/, U.S. /ˈbrəskəri/ Bluntness, abruptness of manner, brusqueness.
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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
1752 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 16 Mar. (1932) (modernized text) V. 1848 This most mistaken opinion gives an indelicacy, a brusquerie, and a roughness to the manners.
1817 M. Edgeworth Ormond II. xv. 334 You will lose this little brusquerie of manner..when you have mixed more with mankind.
1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. vi. 204 Always quickset; erring, if at all, ever on the side of brusquerie.
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