Brusqueness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Brusqueness \Brusque"ness\, n.
     Quality of being brusque; roughness joined with promptness;
     bluntness. --Brit. Quar.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  brusqueness
       n : an abrupt discourteous manner [syn: {abruptness}, {curtness},
            {gruffness}, {shortness}]