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brassy

adj
/ˈbɹɑː.si/UK/ˈbɹæs.i/CA

Etymology

From brass + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning “having the quality of”).

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

Definitions

  1. Resembling brass.

    • The cup had a brassy color.

  2. Impudent

    Impudent; impudently bold.

    • Don’t get brassy with me, young lady!
    • There's more than one way to declare independence, after all, and whereas Beyoncé announced hers with a brassy single, Ashanti tucks a similar spirit into every not-quite-heartbroken lyric.

  3. Unfeeling

    Unfeeling; pitiless.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Harsh in tone.

      • an organ stop with a brassy tone

    2. Alternative form of brassie (“type of golf club”).

    3. Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.

The neighborhood

Derived

brassily, brassiness

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