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brat 1

 (brăt)
n.
1. A child, especially a spoiled or ill-mannered one.
2. A child of a career military person.

[Possibly from brat, coarse garment, from Middle English, from Old English bratt, of Celtic origin.]

brat′tish adj.
brat′tish·ness n.

brat 2

 (brăt)
n.
A bratwurst.
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Adj.1.brattish - (used of an ill-mannered child) impolitely unruly
impolite - not polite
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But surely that has been affirmed as nonsense by his latest bout of brattish behaviour in Cincinnati.
If powerful mayors and dominant ruling groups are given the opportunity to sack councillors for "brattish" behaviour, they will inevitably be tempted to use it as a weapon to bring down their political opponents, as was the case in the days of the defunct Standards Board for England.
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A particularly unpleasant parent who had a habit of screaming at teachers and demonstrating all sorts of brattish behaviour whenever anything regarding her child's school life was discussed, (a broken pencil case or a missing school tie, for example) took particular offence when her son's test results dipped.