brassy

English

Etymology 1

brass +‎ -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning “having the quality of”)[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

brassy (comparative brassier, superlative brassiest)

  1. Resembling brass.
    The cup had a brassy color.
  2. (informal) Impudent; impudently bold.
    Don't get brassy with me, young lady!
  3. Unfeeling; pitiless.
  4. Harsh in tone.
    an organ stop with a brassy tone
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Etymology 2

brass +‎ -y (suffix forming diminutive nouns)[2]

Pronunciation
  • enPR: brăsʹē, IPA(key): /ˈbɹæs.i/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æsi

Noun

brassy (plural brassies)

  1. Alternative form of brassie (“type of golf club”)

Etymology 3

Uncertain.[3]

Pronunciation
  • enPR: brăsʹē, IPA(key): /ˈbɹæs.i/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æsi

Noun

brassy (plural brassies)

  1. Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.

References
  1. “brassy, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. “brassy, n.2”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  3. “brassy, n.1”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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