- brand-new
- adjective
Etymology: 1brand
Date: circa 1570
conspicuously new and unused; also recently introduced <a brand-new executive officer>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Brand-new — a. [See {Brand}, and cf. {Brannew}.] Quite new; bright as if fresh from the forge. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
brand-new — [brand′no͞o′, brand′nyo͞o′; bran′no͞o′, bran′nyo͞o′] adj. [orig., fresh from the fire: see BRAND] 1. entirely new 2. recently acquired … English World dictionary
brand new — c.1570, from BRAND (Cf. brand) (n.). Originally it must have meant fresh from the fire (Shakespeare has fire new) … Etymology dictionary
brand-new — adjective * extremely new: a brand new car … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
brand-new — is the correct spelling, not bran new. The term originally meant ‘fresh like a brand [= burning torch] from a furnace’ … Modern English usage
brand new — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ completely new. ORIGIN with the idea straight from the fire … English terms dictionary
