brassen

See also: brässen and Brassen

English

Etymology

From brass +‎ -en.

Verb

brassen (third-person singular simple present brassens, present participle brassening, simple past and past participle brassened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make like or become like brass, particularly in fortitude or colour
   • 2004, Tom Morrisey, Deep Blue, page 290:

     He could possibly understand a man wishing to blacken the gray as he aged, it was only natural—to a point, and then it was not. But to brassen one's hair like a homosexual?

   • 2011, Ken Bruen, Her Last Call to Louis MacNeice:

     'You seem disappointed, was I supposed to brassen up. I thought this was other biz, not a shag call.'

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Middle English

Adjective

brassen

1. Alternative form of brasen

References

• “brasen, (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.