Bravingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

braving (comparative more braving, superlative most braving)

1. (archaic) Daring; defiant.
   • 1667 March 25 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “March 15th, 1666–1667”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume (please specify |volume=I to X), London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893–1899, →OCLC:

     agree […] in a most braving manner

派生語

動詞

braving

1. present participle and gerund of brave

名詞

braving (plural bravings)

1. A bravado; a boast.
   • 1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume (please specify the book number), London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC:

     With so proud a strain / Of threats and bravings.

     The spelling has been modernized.