Bruskness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being brusk uncountable

    "On further acquaintance I concluded that Mr. Spear's bruskness was assumed, and that beneath the tough husk there beats a very tender heart."

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"On further acquaintance I concluded that Mr. Spear's bruskness was assumed, and that beneath the tough husk there beats a very tender heart."

Etymology

From brusk + -ness.

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