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brazen
O.E.
bręsen
"made of brass," from
bręs
"brass." The figurative sense of "hardened in effrontery" is c.1573 (in
brazen-face
), perhaps suggesting a face unable to show shame (see
brass
). To
brazen it out
"face impudently" is from 1555.
