brusqueness

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English

Etymology

From brusque +‎ -ness.

Noun

brusqueness (usually uncountable, plural brusquenesses)

  1. The state or quality of being brusque; brusque behaviour.
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 517:
      Syed Hassan felt somewhat ashamed of his brusqueness, his rudeness, his boasting.