brazenface

English

Alternative forms

brazenface

Etymology

From brazen +‎ face.

Noun

brazen-face (plural brazen-faces)

1. (obsolete) An impudent or shameless person.
   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:

     Well said, brazen-face.

Related terms

• brazen-faced

References

• “brazenface”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.