brashy

brashy [brash-ee] ExamplesWord Origin adjective, brash·i·er, brash·i·est.

1. brash.
2. Scot. and North England Dialect. showery.

Origin of brashy First recorded in 1795–1805; brash + -y1 Related formsbrash·i·ness, noun Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for brashy Historical Examples of brashy

Cornbrash, so called from its ‘brashy’ or rubbly nature, an earthy oolite yielding fair land for corn.

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The lower limbs are brashy and bare of bark, and the ones above are leafless and gnarled, although alive.

Seven Legs Across the Seas

Samuel Murray

The ground was brashy and very poor, and consequently I determined to clear the boxes and put the whole of the manure upon it.

Mushroom Culture

W. Robinson

British Dictionary definitions for brashy brashy adjective brashier or brashiest

1. loosely fragmented; rubbishy
2. (of timber) brittle

Derived Formsbrashiness, noun Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012