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单词 high-spirited
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high-spiritedadj.

Brit. /ˌhʌɪˈspɪrᵻtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌhaɪˈspɪrədəd/
Forms: see high adj. and n.2 and spirited adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., spirited adj.
Etymology: < high adj. + spirited adj.
1. Originally: having or exhibiting great courage or spirit; stout-hearted, brave. Later: full of energy; lively (and difficult to control); cheerfully vivacious. Cf. high spirits at high adj. 19b.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > high-spiritedness > [adjective]
moodyOE
fierce1297
jollyc1330
fieryc1430
high-stomached1546
stout-stomached1549
hearteda1552
generous1581
high-spirited1588
high-hearteda1625
high-mettleda1626
high1649
fire-souled1823
gingery1823
stomachy1896
1588 P. Jones Certaine Serm. at Ciceter i. sig. B3 Many high spirited men there are amongst vs.
1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars ii. xx. 31 A Ladyes sleeue hie-spirited Hastings wore.
1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. 17 Of all governments a Commonwealth aims most to make the people flourishing, vertuous, noble and high spirited.
a1722 J. Toland Coll. Several Pieces (1726) II. 35 Being a high-spirited and proud man, he broke his heart for the sudden and unusual disgrace.
1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) II. 216 Too high-spirited to be passive instruments in his hand.
1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 13 Three hundred high-spirited stallions.
1871 Sunshine May 69/1 He is high-spirited and unruly, and he might get our children into mischief.
1886 Homiletic Rev. May 439/1 It were high-spirited, indeed, to decline the relationship.
1929 Boys' Life Feb. 19/3 It is practically impossible for one man to harness and put in line a large team of high-spirited dogs.
1943 V. Sackville-West Eagle & Dove iii. 17 A sick woman with a scatter of high-spirited children to control would welcome any method of keeping them quiet.
2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 31 Oct. v. 13/5 Consistently packing in a high-spirited crowd for lunch and dinner every day plus brunch on weekends.
2. Exhibiting or characterized by courage and spirit, or (later) liveliness and cheerful good humour.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective]
sprindeOE
livelyOE
kaskc1300
wightc1300
courageousc1386
wighty14..
wieldya1413
ablec1440
tall of hand1530
sappy1558
energical1565
energetical1585
greenya1586
stout1600
strenuous1602
forceful?1624
actuous1626
vigorous1638
vivid1638
high-spirited1653
hearty1665
actuose1677
living1699
full-blooded1707
executive1708
rugged1731
sousing1735
energic1740
bouncing1743
two-fisted1774
energetic1782
zestful1797
rollicking1801
through-ganging1814
throughgoing1814
slashing1828
high-powered1829
high pressure1834
rip-roaring1834
red-blooded1836
ripsnorting1846
zesty1853
dynamic1856
throbbing1864
goey1875
torpedoic1893
kinky1903
zippy1903
go-at-it1904
punchy1907
up-and-at-'em1909
driving1916
vibranta1929
kinetic1931
zinging1931
high-octane1936
zingy1938
slam-bang1939
balls-to-the-wall1967
balls-out1968
ass-kicking1977
hi-octane1977
1653 J. Rogers To his Highnesse Ld. Gen. Cromwell (single sheet) The loud crying Faith, and incessant high-spirited Prayers of the Saints.
1671 J. Eliot Brief Narr. Gospel amongst Indians in New-England 8 They have means and opportunity of high-spirited enticements.
1742 C. Cibber Let. to Pope 58 I have but one Article more of your high-spirited Wit to examine.
1797 Monthly Mag. June 437/2 Those manly, high-spirited resolutions and addresses to the public, for which the Yorkshire committee were so celebrated.
1825 W. Scott Betrothed xiii, in Tales Crusaders II. 269 The high-spirited entreaties of Eveline, unbent by adversity and want, gradually lost effect on the defenders of the castle.
1853 Harper's Mag. Dec. 77/1 Many high-spirited revolts from rascally despotisms had of late been knocked on the head.
1884 Spectator 12 July 903/2 We only hope Miss Miller will not find the penalty of her high-spirited course greater than she can bear.
1938 Rotarian May 42/2 We had a lot of high-spirited fun in the old days.
1986 Observer 2 Mar. 3/2 The man who took the fatal pot-shot at the bird during a high-spirited fishing trip in Scotland.
2002 M. Holroyd Wks. on Paper 132 The tone..was high-spirited, buoyed up with all the undismayed vitality and humour at his command.

Derivatives

high-ˈspiritedness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > high-spiritedness > [noun] > quality of being high-spirited
high-heartedness1613
high-spiritedness1631
1631 W. Watts tr. St. Augustine Confessions ii. vi. 86 Pride imitates high spiritednesse.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. lxxiv. 271 I need not tell you, that my mother's high-spiritedness is pretty well known.
1878 E. C. G. Murray Russians of To-day xxv. 216 They pay the penalty of their high-spiritedness by never being allowed a chance of letting the world know that they have suffered unjustly.
1913 Amer. Rev. of Reviews June 758/1 The animation and high spiritedness of the whole carries the reader along.
2006 P. Salzman Reading Early Mod. Women's Writing i. 25 One would be hard pressed to find a male letter writer who matched her infectious high-spiritedness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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