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brash

adj
/bɹæʃ/

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Scots brash, brasch (“a violent onset; an attack or assault”). Perhaps also related to Dutch bars (“stern; strict”), German barsch (“harsh; unfriendly”), Danish barsk (“harsh; rough; tough”), Swedish barsk (“harsh; impetuous”).

  1. borrowed from brash

Definitions

  1. Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent

    Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.

    • a brash young businessman; a brash tabloid; a brash sense of humour
    • Trouble with Silzer is, he’s too brash—shoots off his mouth too much—likes to hear himself talk.

  2. Overly bold, impetuous or rash.

    • […] just because you’re a little hot under the collar, don’t do anything brash, for fear you may regret it afterward.
    • Now, Mr. Reed, you’ve committed nothing but a brash act of bad taste by bypassing the standard channels.

  3. Bold, bright or showy, often in a tasteless way.

    • brash colours
    • a brash perfume
    • 1963, Ian Fleming, Thrilling Cities, London: Jonathan Cape, Chapter 1, “Hong Kong,” There are scores of brash and noisy bars along Lockhart Street and in Wanchai and North Point (on the island) and throughout the back lanes of Kowloon […]
  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. A rash or eruption

      A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.

    2. A sudden burst of rain.

    3. An attack or assault.

    4. To disturb.

    5. Brittle (said e.g. of wood or vegetables).

      • Hickory axles […] all cut from tough butt logs. Brash timber is excluded.
      • Brash wood, when tested in bending, breaks with a short, sharp fracture instead of developing a splintering failure and absorbs a comparatively small amount of work between the elastic limit and final failure
      • […] brash timber, which is liable to snap; […]

    6. Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.

    7. Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits.

      • Alluvium differs from the rubble or brash, just described, as being composed of sand and gravel, more or less rolled

    8. Broken fragments of ice.

      • The sea dashed in an angry surf over its inclined sides, rattling the icy fragments or “brash” against its irregular surface

    9. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at brash. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at brash. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at brash

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA