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ˈbrusqueness [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being brusque or off-handed; bluntness.
1859Helps Friends in C. Ser. ii. II. vii. 137 Their sensitiveness is shocked by his brusqueness. 1884Roe in Harper's Mag. June 92/1 Kindness, and..girlish brusqueness were..equally blended. |