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brash1
 
PRONUNCIATION:  brsh
ADJECTIVE:Inflected forms: brash·er, brash·est
1a. Hasty and unthinking; impetuous. b. Rash. 2. Lacking in sensitivity or tact. 3. Presumptuously forward; impudent. See synonyms at shameless. 4. Brittle: brash timbers.
ETYMOLOGY:Possibly imitative (influenced by rash1) or from brash, attack.
OTHER FORMS:brashly —ADVERB
brashness —NOUN
 
 
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