brazen-facen.
1. As two words: An unabashed or hardened countenance. †to set a brazen face upon: to meet with a bold front, to brazen out.
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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > treat impudently [verb (transitive)] > brazen out
to brazen (out)a1555
to set a brazen face upon1573
outface1581
overface1600
to ruffle out1612
outbrazen1680
the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > impudent person > face of
brazen-face1573
1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 26 He purposid..to set a good brasin face on the matter.
1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Oh read ouer D. Iohn Bridges: Epist. 37 Hath not your brother London a notable brazen face to vse these men so for their owne?
2. As one word: A brazen-faced person.
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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > impudent person
bolda1400
capron hardya1477
malaperta1529
jackanapes1534
past-shame1553
saucea1556
saucy-face1566
outfacer1579
impudent1586
Jack sauce?1590
brazen-face1602
impertinence1611
impertinent1612
insolency1613
insolenta1616
brass-face1647
flapsea1652
impudence1671
bold-face1692
ironface1697
Corinthian1699
scandal-proof1699
saucy-box1702
busker1728
insolence1740
effronterist1776
pert1785
nash-gab1816
card1853
pawk1855
sass-box1856
a one1880
cockapert1881
1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor iv. ii. 123 Well sed brazen face, hold it out.
1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin ii. 14 Not warn'd, the Brazen-face would out be flying Against the State.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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