ETYM French brusque, from Italian brusco brusque, tart, sour, perh. from Latin (vitis) labrusca wild (vine); or cf. Old High Germ. bruttisc grim, from brutti terror.
Marked by rude or peremptory shortness; SYN. brusk, curt, short.
Blunt in speech or conduct.

(Homonym: ruff).
1. Having or caused by an irregular surface; SYN. unsmooth.
2. Not perfected.
3. (Of persons or behavior) Lacking refinement or finesse; physically aggressive.
4. (Botany) Of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped.

Disheveled, unkempt, wild; uneven, irregular
Irregular in form or growth ; also; unkempt

1. Complete or extreme
2. Rigid in or as if in death
3. Rigidly conforming (as to a pattern or doctrine); absolute