1. adj. (brassier, brassiest)
1. impudent.
2 pretentious, showy.
3 loud and blaring.
4 of or like brass.
Derivatives:
brassily adv. brassiness n.2.
brat n. usu. derog. a child, esp. an ill-behaved one.
Derivatives:
bratty adj.
Etymology: perh. abbr. of Sc. bratchart hound, or f. brat rough garment