different between recklessly vs brusque

English

Etymology

reckless +? -ly

Adverb

recklessly (comparative more recklessly, superlative most recklessly)

1. In a rash or reckless manner, without regard for cost or consequence

   • Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.

2. With contempt for the rights, feelings, or well-being of others.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• brusk

Etymology

From French brusque, from Italian brusco (“rude, sharp, sour”); origin unknown.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b?u?sk/, /b??sk/, /b??sk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /b??sk/
• Rhymes: -?sk

Adjective

brusque (comparative brusquer or more brusque, superlative brusquest or most brusque)

1. Rudely abrupt, unfriendly.
   • 1858, Anthony Trollope, Dr Thorne, ch. 3:

     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.

Related terms

• brusquely
• brusqueness

Translations

References

• brusque in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• brusque in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• brusque at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian brusco. Doublet of brusc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?ysk/

Adjective

brusque (plural brusques)

1. abrupt (sudden or hasty)

   Synonyms: abrupt, brutal

2. curt

Verb

brusque

1. first-person singular present indicative of brusquer
2. third-person singular present indicative of brusquer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of brusquer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of brusquer
5. second-person singular imperative of brusquer

Further reading

• “brusque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).