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brash | braden |

As an adjective brash

is impetuous or rash.

As a noun brash

is leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.

As a proper noun Braden is

{{surname|from=Irish}.

brash

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • impetuous or rash
  • (Grose)
  • insensitive or tactless
  • impudent or shameless
  • Noun

  • Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
  • A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
  • (geology) Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits.
  • (Lyell)
  • Broken fragments of ice.
  • (Kane)
    Derived terms
    * water brash * weaning brash

    Etymology 2

    Compare Amer. (bresk), (brusk), fragile, brittle.

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (US, colloquial, dated) brittle, as wood or vegetables
  • (Bartlett)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    braden

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Braeden * Braiden * Brayden

    Proper noun

    (s)
  • transferred from the surname. Popular in the 1990s and the 2000s.
  • Anagrams

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