Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Brazen"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Brazen \Bra"zen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brazened}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Brazening}.]
To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the
matter through.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
brazen
adj 1: unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick
to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious
display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles
Times; "bold-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the
modern world with its quick material successes and
insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of
progress"- Bertrand Russell [syn: {audacious}, {barefaced},
{bodacious}, {bold-faced}, {brassy}, {brazen-faced},
{insolent}]
2: made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)
v : face with defiance or impudence; "brazen it out"
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