Brash Definition

brăsh
brashest, brasher
adjective
brashest, brasher
Hasty and reckless; rash; impetuous.
Webster's New World
Offensively bold; pushing, presumptuous, impudent, etc.
Webster's New World
Brittle or fragile, as some wood.
Webster's New World
Arresting, pronounced, or ostentatious.
Brash plaids.
American Heritage
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noun
Webster's New World
A sudden shower.
Webster's New World
Broken pieces or fragments, as of rock or floating ice.
Webster's New World
Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
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Other Word Forms of Brash

Adjective

Base Form:
brash
Comparative:
brasher
Superlative:
brashest

Origin of Brash

  • Perhaps an alteration of French brèche breach in a wall from Italian breccia breccia

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Possibly imitative (influenced by rash) or from brash attack

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Compare Amer. bresk, brusk, fragile, brittle.

    From Wiktionary

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