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brassen

verb

Etymology

From brass + -en.

  1. derived from βραχίων
  2. derived from brachia
  3. derived from braça
  4. derived from braza
  5. derived from braça
  6. suffixed as brassen — “brass + en”

Definitions

  1. To make like or become like brass, particularly in fortitude or colour

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

The neighborhood

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