brasen

English

Adjective

brasen (comparative more brasen, superlative most brasen)

Archaic form of brazen.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for brasen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Abners, Barnes, Berans, NBAers, Nabers, barens, branes

Middle English

Alternative forms

brasene, brasyn, brasin, brasun, brassen, bracen

Etymology

From Old English bræsen (“made of copper, bronze”).

Adjective

brasen

Formed from bronze, brass, or copper.

Synonyms

copren

Descendants

English: brazen, brasen

References

“brasen, (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.

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