brazen
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- Rhymes: -eɪzən
[edit] Adjective
brazen (comparative more brazen, superlative most brazen)
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- Impudent, immodest, or shameless.
- Pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 31.
- Brazen or rather copper swords seem to have been next introduced; these in process of time, workmen learned to harden by the addition of some other metal or mineral, which rendered them almost equal in temper to iron.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 31.
- Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.
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pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass
[edit] Verb
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to brazen (third-person singular simple present brazens, present participle brazening, simple past and past participle brazened)
- (transitive) To carry through in a brazen manner. Generally used with out or through.
- W. Black.
- Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect.
- W. Black.