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English
Etymology
From brass + -en.
Verb
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.'
Anagrams
Middle English
Adjective
brassen
- Alternative form of brasen
Swedish
Noun
brassen
- definite singular of brasse