Word of the Day- Brazen

1.

Shameless or impudent.

 

Quotes:

And she was so open, even brazen , about it - brazen in regard both to him and to the rest of the guests - that he had not known whether to be overjoyed or, in case it was a mark of disdain, upset.

-- Thomas Mann, John E. Woods, The Magic Mountain

Yet despite that, and a brazen , unconcealed admiration, there was not lacking kindliness and sympathy and good nature.

-- Zane Grey, The border legion

Origin:

Brazen  has its source in an Old English form of the same word, meaning "of brass." When the Z was introduced to the English alphabet, meaning and spelling seemed to have shifted.