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rusk
English
Etymology
Spanish or Portuguese rosca (“a twist or roll of bread”)
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??sk/
- Rhymes: -?sk
Noun
rusk (countable and uncountable, plural rusks)
- a rectangular, hard, dry biscuit
- 1719: Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- […] he brought a large basket of rusk or biscuit, and three jars of fresh water, into the boat.
- 1719: Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- a twice-baked bread, slices of bread baked until they are hard and crisp (also called a zwieback)
- a weaning food for children
- a cereal binder used in meat product manufacture
Synonyms
- Brussels biscuit
- twice-baked bread
- zwieback
Translations
Faroese
Etymology
Compare Old Norse rosk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??sk]
Noun
rusk n (genitive singular rusks, plural rusk)
- waste, rubbish, garbage
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From ruske.
Noun
rusk n (definite singular rusket, indefinite plural rusk, definite plural ruska or ruskene)
- waste, rubbish, garbage
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Old Norse ruskr
Noun
rusk n (definite singular rusket, indefinite plural rusk, definite plural ruska)
- a large specimen of something
Etymology 2
From ruske.
Noun
rusk n (definite singular rusket, indefinite plural rusk, definite plural ruska)
- waste, dust
Etymology 3
Related to ruse.
Noun
rusk n (definite singular rusket, indefinite plural rusk, definite plural ruska)
- sour weather with rain and wind; drizzle
Etymology 4
Likely from ruske.
Adjective
rusk (masculine and feminine rusk, neuter ruskt, definite singular and plural ruske, comparative ruskare, indefinite superlative ruskast, definite superlative ruskaste)
- crazy
References
- Entry “rusk” in: Bokmålsordboka / Nynorskordboka by Universitetet i Oslo & Språkrådet.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Cognate with Danish rysk, Swedish rysk, Nilandian ryskr, Smalandian ryskig, rysket, Norwegian rysk, rusk.
Adjective
rusk
- crazy
References
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brusk
English
Adjective
brusk (comparative brusker or more brusk, superlative bruskest or most brusk)
- (US) Alternative spelling of brusque
Anagrams
- Burks, burks
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse brjósk (“cartilage”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brusk/, [b??us??]
Noun
brusk c (singular definite brusken, plural indefinite bruske)
- cartilage, gristle
Inflection
Further reading
- brusk on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
brus +? -k
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [brusk]
Noun
brusk m
- Diminutive of brus
Declension
Further reading
- brusk in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
- brusk in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse brjósk.
Noun
brusk n (definite singular brusket, indefinite plural brusk, definite plural bruska)
- cartilage, gristle
References
- “brusk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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