[Fr., f. brusque.] Bluntness, abruptness of manner, brusqueness.
1752. Chesterf., Lett., 275 (1792), III. 258. This most mistaken opinion gives an indelicacy, a brusquerie, and a roughness to the manners.
1817. Mar. Edgeworth, Ormond, lv. (1832), 172. You will lose this little brusquerie of manner when you have mixed a little more with mankind.
1853. Ruskin, Stones Ven., II. vi. § 74. 204. Always quickset; erring, if at all, ever on the side of brusquerie.