In heraldry, tawny.

To treat with scant courtesy or in a brusk, offhand way: as,”in this first dialogue he brusques Tasso,”

Abrupt in manner; rough; rude.

Synonyms see abrupt.

adjective. Same as brusque.

adjective. Alternative spelling of brusque.

adjective. marked by rude or peremptory shortness

"Here was no streak of fat, no apathy, only a lazy, good-natured play of gloves and tricks, with a brusk stiffness and harsh sharpness in the contacts that he knew belonged only to the trained and instinctive fighting man."

to brusk it  

discourteous  

agglutination  buildings'  cool-blooded  country-bred  curtest  

brisk  brusque  

brusque