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brassy.

Resembling brass.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈbɹɑː.si/Australia, General-South-African, New-Zealand, UK/ˈbɹæs.i/Australia, General-South-African, New-Zealand, UK/ˈbɹæs.i/Canada, US
  1. Resembling brass.

    The cup had a brassy color.
  2. Impudent; impudently bold.

    informal
    Don’t get brassy with me, young lady!
  3. Unfeeling; pitiless.

  4. Harsh in tone.

    an organ stop with a brassy tone
Where this word comes from

From brass + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning “having the quality of”).

noun/ˈbɹæs.i/
  1. Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.

Where this word comes from

Uncertain.

noun/ˈbɹæs.i/
  1. Alternative form of brassie (“type of golf club”).

    alt-of · alternative
Where this word comes from

From brass + -y (suffix forming diminutive nouns).

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