/
ˈbreɪz(ə)n/
adj.
- bold and shameless.
- chiefly literary made of brass.
v.
(
brazen it out)
endure a difficult situation with apparent confidence and lack of shame.
Derivative
- brazenly adv.
- brazenness n.
Etymology
OE bræsen ‘made of brass’, from bræs ‘brass’.