outbrazenv.
/ˌaʊtˈbreɪzn/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈbreɪz(ə)n/ Now rare.
1. transitive. To brazen out; to face out defiantly or impudently.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > treat impudently [verb (transitive)] > brazen out
to brazen (out)a1555
to set a brazen face upon1573
outface1581
overface1600
to ruffle out1612
outbrazen1680
1680 Don Tomazo 167 He who had the confidence to out-brazen the stern looks of so many Dangers, scorn'd to betray his fear of such a scare-crow as this.
1681 Heraclitus Ridens 16 Aug. 2/1 To out-brazen the belief of a Conspiracy..to seize the King.
1755 E. Young Centaur Ded. 15 High-bred, unbridled colts..with a blaze in their foreheads, to outbrazen my rebukes.
1767 ‘A. Barton’ Disappointment ii. i. 37 She'd out face truth, and out brazen the devil; a girl after my own heart, faith.
1996 Times (Nexis) 14 June She specialised in defiant, unsentimental types, who could easily outbrazen the dark looks of their church-going neighbours.
2. transitive. To outdo or surpass in boldness or effrontery.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > treat impudently [verb (transitive)] > make shameless > surpass in shamelessness
outbrazena1704
a1704 T. Brown Lett. from Dead (new ed.) in Wks. (1707) II. ii. 116 The expertest Devils..turn pale..to see their Impudence out-brazen'd by a Club of Mortal Puritans.
1793 J. Thelwall Epic Poem in Peripatetic III. 63 Gold, we know, Outbrazening Brass, can Impudence bestow.
1850 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Feb. 135 He proved that he outwitted the most cunning, and outbrazened the most intolerant.
1878 E. Jenkins Haverholme 6 Could you not face the world and outbrazen the Devil?
1926 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 31 535 Those who want to control the public in the interest of what they conceive to be sound policy ought to outbrazen the rest.
1992 Evening Standard (Nexis) 17 Sept. 35 The Government believed it could outbrazen the markets with threats of intervention to defend sterling, followed by interest rate rises.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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