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Definition of brusqueness noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

brusqueness

noun

/ˈbruːsknəs/,

/ˈbrʊsknəs/

/ˈbrʌsknəs/

[uncountable]

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the fact of using very few words and sounding rude synonym abruptness (2), curtness

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