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ˈspiritedness
[f. as prec. + -ness.
The formation is more common as a second element in combs., as base-, high-, low-, mean-, narrow-, poor-, public-spiritedness.]
†1. Spiritual state or condition. Obs.—1
1681C. Taylor Ep. Caution to Friends 11 The ruin..of his Soul forever, and the Souls of all, who in this Spiritedness adhere to him.
2. The character or quality of being spirited, lively, or animated; liveliness, vivacity.
1704Penn in Pennsylv. Hist. Soc. Mem. IX. 356, I desire..my officers will take a little more spiritedness and quickness upon them. 1834New Monthly Mag. XLI. 318 The unostentatious spiritedness, the tranquil but forcible truth of their character. 1853Bagehot Lit. Stud. (1911) I. 131 In spiritedness, the style of Shakespeare is very like to that of Scott. 1880Meredith Tragic Com. (1881) 215 Her natural spiritedness detested the monotony. |