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brassy

/ˈbɹɑː.si/ · adj

Meaning

  1. Resembling brass.
  2. Impudent; impudently bold.
  3. Unfeeling; pitiless.
  4. Harsh in tone.
  5. Alternative form of brassie (“type of golf club”).
  6. Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.

Etymology / origin

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

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