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brashiest

brashiest is the superlative form of brashy.

Meaning of brashy

Adjective

brashy (comparative more brashy, superlative most brashy)

  1. 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
  2. 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

Questions about brashiest

What is brashiest the superlative form of?
Brashiest is the superlative form of brashy.

Words near brashiest in the dictionary

  1. Brasher doubloons
  2. Brashers
  3. brashes
  4. brashest
  5. brashier
  6. brashiest
  7. brashiness
  8. brashing
  9. brashly
  10. brashness
  11. brashnesses

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