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adjective, brash·er, brash·est. Also brashy.

noun

RELATED WORDS

impetuous, bold, rude, cocky, cheeky, reckless, audacious, cocksure, effervescent, flip, foolhardy, forward, hasty, headlong, heedless, hotheaded, ill-advised, impertinent, impolitic, impudent

Nearby words

  1. branzino,
  2. braque,
  3. braque, georges,
  4. bras d'or lake,
  5. brasco,
  6. brash ice,
  7. brashly,
  8. brashy,
  9. brasier,
  10. brasil

Origin of brash

1400–50; (noun) late Middle English brass(c)he a slap, crash, perhaps blend of brok(e) (Old English broc breach, fragment, sickness; akin to break) and dasch smashing blow; see dash1; (adj.) in sense “brittle,” derivative of noun; in sense “hasty” by confusion with rash1
Related formsbrash·ly, adverbbrash·ness, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for brash (1 of 3)

brash

1
/ (bræʃ) /

adjective

tastelessly or offensively loud, showy, or bold
hasty; rash
impudent
Derived Formsbrashly, adverbbrashness, noun

Word Origin for brash

C19: perhaps influenced by rash 1

British Dictionary definitions for brash (2 of 3)

brash

2
/ (bræʃ) /

noun

loose rubbish, such as broken rock, hedge clippings, etc; debris

Word Origin for brash

C18: of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for brash (3 of 3)

brash

3
/ (bræʃ) /

noun

pathol another name for heartburn

Word Origin for brash

C16: perhaps of imitative origin
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Word Origin and History for brash

brash

adj.

1824, of obscure origin, originally American English; perhaps akin to 16c. Scottish brash "attack, assault," or French breche "fragments," especially of ice, from a Germanic source (cf. Old High German brehha "breach," from brehhan "to break"), or to German brechen "to vomit."

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