brunir, v.n., to turn brown.
brunissage, n.m., burnishing.
brunisseu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., one who burnishes, burnisher.
brunissoir, n.m., burnisher (tool).
brunissure, n.f., burnishing; browning.
brusque, adj., blunt, abrupt, rough, gruff, short-crusted, sudden, unexpected.
*brusquembille, n.f., game at cards.
brusquement, adv., bluntly, abruptly, roughly, hastily, gruffly.
brusquer, v.a., to offend; to treat roughly, bluntly, to be sharp with any one. Il brusque tout le monde; he is abrupt with everybody. — une chose; to do a thing in haste. — l’aventure; to decide at once. — la fortune; to tempt fortune.
brusquerie, n.m., bluntness; abruptness, roughness, gruffness; suddenness, hastiness.