The quality or state of being brusk; a tendency to speak or act in an abrupt, rude manner.
Created by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to 'brusk', a common English pattern for converting adjectives into abstract nouns describing qualities.
English's '-ness' suffix is so productive that we can stick it on almost any adjective to make a noun—it's one reason English speakers can invent new words on the fly!
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