"brashness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹæʃ.nəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brashness.wav Forms: brashnesses [plural]
Etymology: From brash + -ness. Etymology templates: {{af|en|brash|-ness}} brash + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} brashness (usually uncountable, plural brashnesses)
  1. The characteristic of being brash. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: audacity, boldness, nerve Translations (characteristic of being brash): toupet [masculine] (French), culot [familiar, masculine] (French), Dreistigkeit [feminine] (German), Unverfrorenheit [feminine] (German), braise [feminine] (Irish), procācitās [feminine] (Latin), tupeu [neuter] (Romanian)

Inflected forms

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