[f. BRAZEN a. + -NESS.]
1. Brazen quality or appearance.
1731. In Bailey II.
1755. in Johnson; and in mod. Dicts.
2. Effrontery, impudence.
1861. Elsie Garrett, in Gd. Words, 409. Stately, powerful comeliness, a thought defiant, but not to brazenness.