"Brusque" is a word in ENGLISH
Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a
brusque man; a brusque style.
Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.""We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing.""That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing.
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Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain.
Read the complete definitionQuality of being brusque; roughness joined with promptness; bluntness.
Read the complete definitionkatígdas - See katíg-a. Also: hardness, toughness (of food that is underdone); harshness, roughness, abruptness, bluntness, brusqueness (of speech).
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