brusquerie | Word of the Day

December 04, 2018 brusquerie [broos-kuh-ree] noun 1. abruptness and bluntness in manner; brusqueness. video We Asked People To Translate These Emojis Into English word-trends It's OK To Use "They" To Describe One Person: Here's Why WORD OF THE DAY brusquerie continued... QUOTES ... I could see that she was doing her best to irritate me with the brusquerie of her answers. -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gambler (1866), translated by C. J. Hogarth, 1917 ORIGIN Brusquerie, which still feels like a French word, is a derivative of the adjective brusque. The French adjective comes from Italian brusco "rough, tart," a special use of the noun brusco "butcher's broom" (the name of a shrub). Brusco may come from Latin bruscum "a knot or growth on a maple tree"; or brusco may be a conflation of Latin ruscus, ruscum "butcher's broom" and Vulgar Latin brūcus "heather." Brusquerie entered English in the mid-18th century. MORE FOR YOU 1 This Week's Word of the Day Quiz Is A Real Humdinger Are you a limber linguaphile? Find out with this week's Word of the Day Quiz. If the quiz doesn't display, please try opening in the Chrome browser. Interested in Words of the Day from the past? Check out this one that we brought to life …   Tell us your favorite word from this week below (and share it with your friends on Facebook and Twitter)! 2 We Asked: What Is The State Of The Country In 5 Words? We asked people what they thought the state of the country was ... their answers may surprise you. 3 The Social Justice Dictionary You Didn't Know You Needed The language we use to describe social justice changes just as quickly as our advancements do, and it can be hard to keep up. So, we've collected some of the terms and phrases that make up social justice, which is itself a catch-all phrase for movements that work toward greater equality. 4 The Most Notorious Nicknames In History Nicknames are usually cute endearments we give to friends or loved ones. But sometimes, we attribute nicknames to infamous figures of notoriety. Think "Ivan the Terrible" or "The Butcher of Bosnia" or Vlad the Impaler." Here are the most notorious nicknames in history. 5 We Asked: The Hardest Words You Have To Explain To Kids Some words don't seem very complicated or unique ... until you have to explain them to your kid. This father gives us insight into a word he had to explain to his three-year-old, and it wasn't easy! © 2018 Dictionary.com, LLC. ABOUT CONTACT You are subscribed to the Word of the Day as: matzom229@gmail.com Subscriber since: September 06, 2017 Unsubscribe Dictionary.com, LLC. 555 12th Street Suite 500 Oakland CA 94607 Manage your subscription Terms & Privacy