brashier
brashier is the comparative form of brashy.
Meaning of brashy
Adjective
brashy (comparative more brashy, superlative most brashy)
- brash, stormy
- Several skuas seen--three seals up in our Bay--several off Pram Point in the shelter of Horse Shoe Bay. A great many fish on sea ice--mostly small, but a second species 5 or 6 inches long: imagine they are chased by seals and caught in brashy ice where they are unable to escape.1913, Captain R. F. Scott, Scott's Last Expedition Volume I
- brittle, crumbly
- It was after noon, for the sun was past the meridian, and very hot for the time of year, when the face of the country began to change; and instead of the short sward of the open down, sprinkled with tiny white snail-shells, the ground was brashy with flat stones, and divided up into tillage fields.1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet
- Synonyms:
- brash
Proper noun capitalized: Brashier
Brashier
- A surname from French.
Questions about brashier
- What does brashier mean?
- Brashier means a surname from French.
- What is brashier the comparative form of?
- Brashier is the comparative form of brashy.
- What part of speech is brashier?
- Brashier is a proper noun.
Words near brashier in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: brashier (page history and authors); Brashier (page history and authors); brashy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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