brashy

[ brash-ee ]

adjective

, brash·i·er, brash·i·est.

1. brash.
2. Scot. and North England Dialect. showery.

ˈbrashy

/ ˈbræʃɪ /

adjective

1. loosely fragmented; rubbishy
2. (of timber) brittle

Derived Forms

• ˈbrashiness, noun

Other Words From

• brashi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of brashy¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; brash + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Cornbrash, so called from its 'brashy' or rubbly nature, an earthy oolite yielding fair land for corn.

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The ice proved brashy, soft to each step, and the men slithered through the water up to the armpits as they carried the canoes.

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And all had cures for the “brashy” spell the little chap had been afflicted by, and which seemed frightened away entirely, as he looked about him with eyes like black beads.

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Bell isn’t done for, yet: She’s a tough customer—she’s always been A banging, bobberous bletherskite, has Bell— No fushenless, brashy, mim-mouthed mealy-face, Fratished and perished in the howl-o’-winter.

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A great many fish on sea ice—mostly small, but a second species 5 or 6 inches long: imagine they are chased by seals and caught in brashy ice where they are unable to escape.

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