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单词 mettleable
释义

mettleableadj.

Forms: pre-1700 mettelable.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mettle n., -able suffix.
Etymology: < mettle n. + -able suffix.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
= mettlesome adj.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [adjective] > spirited or skittish
skeyc1440
skittish?1510
skeigh1513
fiery?1561
gay1590
sprightful1598
frampold1600
mettleablec1600
mettle1606
fire-snort1608
mettleda1627
spiritly1630
spiritful1644
mettlesome1655
skeighish1827
flighty1828
slashing1862
fly-about1889
buckish1911
snuffy1955
c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 58 The watch of the Ingliss horsemen..brak vpone the said Frenchemen with mettelable audacitie.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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