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ˌhigh-ˈspirited, a.
Possessing or marked by a lofty, courageous, or bold spirit; mettlesome.
a1631Drayton Wks. I. 113 (Jod.) A lady's sleeve high-spirited Hastings wore. 1660Milton Free Commw. Wks. (1851) 451 Of all Governments a Commonwealth aims most to make the People flourishing, vertuous, noble and high-spirited. 1777Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) II. 216 Too high-spirited to be passive instruments in his hand. 1816Keatinge Trav. (1817) II. 13 Three hundred high-spirited stallions. 1887Jessopp Arcady iv. 110 She was an audacious, high-spirited little woman.
Hence highˈspiritedness.
1647Trapp Comm. 1 Cor. xiv. 36 Take heed lest God for your arrogancy and high spiritedness lay you low enough. |