Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brusquerie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: brus-querie
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Brusqueness; abruptness, bluntness.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"“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 no notice of this."
"Dorothea looked straight before her, and spoke with cold brusquerie, very much with the air of a handsome boy, in amusing contrast with the solicitous amiability of her admirer."

Etymology

Borrowed from French brusquerie.

Usage

Inflected Forms

brusqueries (plural) brusquery (alternative)

Questions

What does brusquerie mean?: Brusqueness; abruptness, bluntness.
Where does brusquerie come from?: Borrowed from French brusquerie.

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