Brisk means quick and full of energy. A walk on a cold morning that warms you up.
It suits movement first — a brisk walk, a brisk pace — and it is one of very few words for speed that sound healthy rather than harried. It describes manner too, where a brisk reply is efficient and slightly cool, with no time spared for small talk. Business borrows it for selling, since brisk trade means selling fast. And it describes weather, where a brisk wind is sharp and fresh rather than merely strong.
unknown; probably a collateral form of brusque, but compare Irish briosc, Scottish Gaelic brisg, Welsh brys.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Sharper Adjectives, A Man Called Ove
First appears in chapter 3 of A Man Called Ove.
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