brassy

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Etymology 1[edit]

brass +‎ -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning “having the quality of”)[1]

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brassy (comparative brassier, superlative brassiest)

  1. Resembling brass.
    The cup had a brassy color.
  2. (informal) Impudent; impudently bold.
    Don't get brassy with me, young lady!
  3. Unfeeling; pitiless.
  4. Harsh in tone.
    an organ stop with a brassy tone
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Etymology 2[edit]

brass +‎ -y (suffix forming diminutive nouns)[2]

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Noun[edit]

brassy (plural brassies)

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

Etymology 3[edit]

Uncertain.[3]

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brassy (plural brassies)

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ “brassy, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ “brassy, n.2”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  3. ^ “brassy, n.1”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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