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brusquery

brusquery is the alternative form of brusquerie.

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

Forms of brusquery

pluralbrusqueries

Questions about brusquery

What is brusquery the alternative form of?
Brusquery is the alternative form of brusquerie.

Words near brusquery in the dictionary

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

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