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brusqueries

brusqueries is the plural of brusquerie.

brusqueries is the plural of brusquery.

Meaning of brusquerie

Noun

brusquerie (countable and uncountable, plural brusqueries)

  1. Brusqueness; abruptness, bluntness.
    • “Yes? But then the Frenchman is a marquis, and the cleverer of the two,” remarked Polina imperturbably. “Is that so?” I repeated. “Yes; absolutely.” Polina was not at all pleased at my questions; I could see that she was doing her best to irritate me with the brusquerie of her answers. But I took...1867, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth

Questions about brusqueries

What is brusqueries the plural of?
Brusqueries is the plural of brusquerie.

Words near brusqueries in the dictionary

  1. brusquely
  2. brusqueness
  3. brusquenesses
  4. brusquer
  5. brusquerie
  6. brusqueries
  7. brusquery
  8. brusques
  9. brusquest
  10. brusquing
  11. Brusseau

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