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bra⋅zen
[brey-zuh
n]
–adjective
| 1. | shameless or impudent: brazen presumption. |
| 2. | made of brass. |
| 3. | like brass, as in sound, color, or strength. |
–verb (used with object)
—Verb phrase| 4. | to make brazen or bold. |
| 5. | brazen out or through, to face boldly or shamelessly: He prefers to brazen it out rather than admit defeat. |
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bra·zen (brā'zən) adj.
To face or undergo with bold self-assurance: brazened out the crisis. [Middle English brasen, made of brass, from Old English bræsen, from bræs, brass.] bra'zen·ly adv., bra'zen·ness n. |
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Brazen
Bra"zen\, a.[OE. brasen, AS. br[ae]sen. See Brass.]1. Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass. 2. Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass. 3. Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance. Brazen age. (a) (Myth.) The age of war and lawlessness which succeeded the silver age. (b) (Arch[ae]ol.) See under Bronze. Brazen sea (Jewish Antiq.), a large laver of brass, placed in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests.
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Language Translation for : brazen
Spanish:
descarado, desvergonzado,
German:
schamlos,
Japanese:
厚かましい
brazen
O.E. bræsen "made of brass," from bræs "brass." The figurative sense of "hardened in effrontery" is c.1573 (in brazen-face), perhaps suggesting a face unable to show shame (see brass). To brazen it out "face impudently" is from 1555.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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