brassen
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
brassen (third-person singular simple present brassens, present participle brassening, simple past and past participle brassened)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make like or become like brass, particularly in fortitude or colour
- 2004, Tom Morrisey, Deep Blue, page 290:
- He could possibly understand a man wishing to blacken the gray as he aged, it was only natural—to a point, and then it was not. But to brassen one's hair like a homosexual?
- 2011, Ken Bruen, Her Last Call to Louis MacNeice:
- 'You seem disappointed, was I supposed to brassen up. I thought this was other biz, not a shag call.'
Middle English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
brassen
- Alternative form of brasen
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
brassen