brusqueness

English

Etymology

brusque +‎ -ness

Noun

brusqueness (usually uncountable, plural brusquenesses)

1. The state or quality of being brusque; brusque behaviour.
   • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 517:

     Syed Hassan felt somewhat ashamed of his brusqueness, his rudeness, his boasting.