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bra⋅zen

  [brey-zuhn]
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–adjective
1. shameless or impudent: brazen presumption.
2. made of brass.
3. like brass, as in sound, color, or strength.
–verb (used with object)
4. to make brazen or bold.
—Verb phrase
5. brazen out or through, to face boldly or shamelessly: He prefers to brazen it out rather than admit defeat.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME brasen (adj.), OE bræsen of brass

Related forms:
bra⋅zen⋅ly, adverb
bra⋅zen⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1, 3. brassy. 1. insolent, defiant. See bold.
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Word Origin & History

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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