Definition of Brassy

1. Adjective. Resembling the sound of a brass instrument.

Exact synonyms: Brasslike
Partainyms: Brass, Brass
Derivative terms: Brass, Brass

2. Adjective. Tastelessly showy. "Tawdry ornaments"

3. Adjective. Unrestrained by convention or propriety. "The modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"

Definition of Brassy

1. a. Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass.

2. n. A wooden club soled with brass.

Definition of Brassy

1. Adjective. Resembling brass. ¹

2. Adjective. (informal) Impudent; impudently bold. ¹

3. Noun. ''Same as'' '''brassie''' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brassy

1. resembling brass [adj BRASSIER, BRASSIEST] : BRASSILY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brassy

brast
brasting
brasts
brat
bratchet
bratchets
bratling
bratlings
bratpack
brats
brattice
bratticed

Literary usage of Brassy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Complete Golfer by Harry Vardon (1908)
"CHAPTER VII brassy AND SPOON Good strokes with the brassy—Flay as with the ... WHEN to your caddie you say " Give me my brassy " it is a sign that there is ..."

2. A Manual of British Coleoptera, Or Beetles: Containing a Brief Description by James Francis Stephens (1839)
"Flat ; brassy-black : thorax faintly wrinkled transversely, with a slight fovea on each side at the base ; elytra deep blue-black, faintly striated, ..."

3. The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art by Canadian Institute (1849-1914). (1862)
"thorax brassy-green, with a narrow yellow stripe on each side; sides yellow, ... Bright brassy-green ; head yellow in front; third article of the antennae ..."

4. Report of Progress for by Geological Survey of Canada (1879)
"Several rapids and chutes over ledges of gneiss underlying the clay, occur in the first thirteen miles below brassy Hill. The last one, at the end of the ..."

5. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1892)
"Scutellum brassy-yellow tomentose, bristles black. Abdomen black tomentose. a cross-band of white and pale yellow tomentum on bases of second and fourth ..."

6. Entomologia Edinensis: Or A Description and History of the Insects Found in by James Wilson, James Duncan (1834)
"Very thickly punctured and finely pubescent, of a brassy-green or violaceous colour ... Oblong-ovate, black, glossed with brassy, deeply pune- ..."

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