brusque

• adj.唐突な; ぶっきらぼうな; 無礼な
• n.(Brusque)人名；(仏) Brusque

語源は不明。brush, brush, broom, canary, broomと同じ可能性がある。無差別、唐突を表す。

brusque

brusque: [17] Brusque comes ultimately from the name of an unpleasant spiky shrub, the butcher’s broom, which instead of normal branches and leaves has twigs flattened into a leaflike shape, with at their ends stiff spines. The term for this in Vulgar Latin was *bruscum, which, passing into Italian as brusco, came to be used as an adjective, meaning ‘sharp, tart’. French borrowed it as brusque ‘lively, fierce’, and passed it on to English. It seems likely that English brisk [16] is derived from it.
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brusque (adj.)

1650s, from French brusque "lively, fierce," from Italian adjective brusco "sharp, tart, rough," perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bruscum "butcher's broom plant."

1. His manner was self-assured and brusque .

彼は傲慢で無礼な態度を取っている。

2.They received a characteristically brusque reply from him.

彼らが彼から得たのは乱暴で無礼な返事で、彼はいつもそうだった。

3.The doctor spoke in a brusque tone.

医師は遠慮なく簡単にいくつかの字を話した。

4.Her brusque manner concealed a caring nature.

彼女は乱暴な振る舞いをしているが、実際には他人に関心を持っている。

5.He is never brusque with his comrades.

彼は同志に対して決して厳しいことを言ったことがない。