brashnessn.1
Originally U.S.
Brittleness.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [noun] > brittleness or fragility
frailnessa1300
bricklenessa1425
fragility1604
frailty1615
brittleness1669
frangibleness1676
frangibility1783
crackability1810
breakableness1856
brashness1863
1863 8th Ann. Rep. Maine Board Agric. ii. 54 They [sc. sheep] become very fat in the summer, which increases the brashness of the wool.
1929 Ann. Appl. Biol. 16 41 The term ‘brashness’ arose in America, and is now in common use in the timber trade of both this country and the U.S.A. In this paper its use will be restricted to that condition of timber..which produces a peculiar ‘carroty’, short, fracture.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
brashnessn.2
Originally U.S.
The state or quality of being brash, impetuous, crude, etc.
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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > pertness or brashness
sauciness1534
pertness1573
puppyism1776
sauce1786
puppyhood1849
puppydom1855
puppyishness1879
freshness1880
brashness1883
whipper-snapping1925
1883 N. York Paper in Pall Mall Gaz. 9 July 11/1 Vanderbilt, with all his brashness on the road, is timid in the street.
1894 P. L. Ford Hon. Peter Stirling (1898) xliii. 258 ‘That is a bargain,’ he said, with a brashness simply disgraceful in a good business man.
1957 Guardian 9 Sept. 4/4 One needs..a maximum of brashness in out-staring curious sightseers.
1958 J. Carew Wild Coast v. 62 His front of brashness was his way of finding out how far he could go.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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