BRUSQUE, BRUSQUENESS
ADJECTIVES
1860 — NEBBIE brusque, sharp in manner, tart → Sc.
1866 — NIP-SICKER brusque, ill-natured, very positive and decided in one’s manner and opinions → Sc.
1871 — RAMSH brusque, testy → Sc.
1883 — OFF-HANDED brusque, stiff, haughty → Eng. dial.
1894 — NEBSY brusque, impudent; cheeky; ill-natured → Eng. dial.
1904 — REPITERRY brusque, peremptory, high-handed → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1981 — BRUSQUERIE brusqueness → Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
VERBS
1869 — SHOOT FROM THE HIP to act or react brusquely, impulsively, intuitively, or spontaneously; to speak hastily, frankly, or without concern for the consequences
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