Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Word of the Day: Brusque

(adj)
1: markedly short and abrupt
2: blunt in manner or speech often to the point of ungracious harshness

source: The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

"When I asked Celia Feight who dyes her hair, she brusquely showed me the door."
"The brusque demeanor of Gayla Vente left me thinking that she was a person of some importance."
"He was brusque, authoritative, given to contradiction, rough though never dirty in his personal belongings, and inclined to indulge in a sort of quiet raillery."

3 comments:

  1. Hooo...same word does cross into my mind...anyway, where did you find the quotation??randomly by googling??

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  2. yep. randomly.
    sometimes i want to make my own, but too afraid of making mistakes.

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  3. Wait a minute...let me make an example of Brusque or blunt...

    "You're an idiot"

    some kind like that...hahaha

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