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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| brusque, brusk (adj.) |
| means “abrupt, harsh, blunt, especially in speech.” It is usually spelled brusque, but brusk does occur; Americans pronounce it BRUHSK, but the British say it with either the vowel of boot or the vowel of foot. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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