brassy
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
brass + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning “having the quality of”)[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (UK, General Australian, New Zealand, General South African) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɑː.si/, /ˈbɹæs.i/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US, Canada) enPR: brăsʹē, IPA(key): /ˈbɹæs.i/
- Rhymes: -ɑːsi, -æsi
Adjective edit
brassy (comparative brassier, superlative brassiest)
- Resembling brass.
- The cup had a brassy color.
- (informal) Impudent; impudently bold.
- Don't get brassy with me, young lady!
- Unfeeling; pitiless.
- Harsh in tone.
- an organ stop with a brassy tone
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Translations edit
resembling brass
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Etymology 2 edit
brass + -y (suffix forming diminutive nouns)[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brassy (plural brassies)
- Alternative form of brassie (“type of golf club”)
Etymology 3 edit
Uncertain.[3]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brassy (plural brassies)
- Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.
References edit
- ^ “brassy, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “brassy, n.2”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “brassy, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.