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brusques

brusques is the third-person singular simple present indicative of brusque.

Meaning of brusque

Verb

brusque (third-person singular simple present brusques, present participle brusquing, simple past and past participle brusqued)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To act towards (someone or something) in a curt or rudely abrupt manner.
    • Had this been done, Denine had not been bruſqued and carried by Villars at the firſt aſſault, […]1740, A[dam] Williamson, “The Disposition of an Army. [General Battles.]”, in Military Memoirs and Maxims of Marshal Turenne. […], Dublin: […] George Faulkner, […], →OCLC, footnote †, page 36

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Questions about brusques

What is brusques the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Brusques is the third-person singular simple present indicative of brusque.

Words near brusques in the dictionary

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

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