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Yes. The word brusque is a Scrabble US word. The word brusque is worth 18 points in Scrabble:

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Is brusque a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word brusque is a Scrabble UK word and has 18 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

BRUSQUE,

5-letter words (7 found)

BURSE,REBUS,RUBES,RUBUS,SUBER,USQUE,USURE,

4-letter words (13 found)

BRUS,BURS,REBS,RUBE,RUBS,RUES,RUSE,SUER,SURE,URBS,URES,URUS,USER,

3-letter words (17 found)

BES,BRU,BUR,BUS,ERS,REB,RES,RUB,RUE,SER,SUB,SUE,SUQ,SUR,URB,URE,USE,

2-letter words (6 found)

BE,ER,ES,RE,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 45 words from brusque according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of brusque

brusque

Etymology

The adjective is borrowed from French brusque, from Italian brusco (“abrupt, sudden, brusque; brisk; eager; sour, tart; unripe; grim-looking”); further etymology unknown.

The verb is derived from the adjective.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɹʊsk/, /bɹuːsk/, /bɹʌsk/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /bɹʌsk/
  • Rhymes: -ʌsk

Adjective

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

  1. Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly.
    Synonyms: offhand, short
  2. (obsolete) Sour, tart.

Alternative forms

  • brusk (Britain, obsolete, or US)

Derived terms

  • brusquely
  • brusqueness
  • brusquerie, brusquery

Translations

Verb

brusque (third-person singular simple present brusques, present participle brusquing, simple past and past participle brusqued)

  1. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To act towards (someone or something) in a curt or rudely abrupt manner.

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Further reading

  • “brusque”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “brusque”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “brusque”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian brusco. Doublet of brusc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁysk/

Adjective

brusque (plural brusques)

  1. abrupt (sudden or hasty)
    Synonyms: abrupt, brutal
  2. curt

Verb

brusque

  1. inflection of brusquer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “brusque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org