adj. & v.
adj. 1 (also brazen-faced) flagrant and shameless; insolent. 2 made of brass. 3 of or like brass, esp. in colour or sound.
v.tr. (foll. by out) face or undergo defiantly. brazen it out be defiantly unrepentant under censure. brazenly adv. brazenness n.
[ OE brsen f. brs brass ]