mettledadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɛtld/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdld/

Forms: 1500s mettald, 1500s–1700s metled, 1600s metal'd, 1600s mettalde, 1600s metteld, 1600s 1800s metalled, 1600s– mettled.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mettle n., -ed suffix².

Etymology: < mettle n. + -ed suffix². Compare earlier metalled adj. and see etymological note s.v. mettle n.

Now rare (chiefly archaic or regional).

1. Usually with modifying adverb: having a temperament, character, or disposition of a specified kind. See also high-mettled adj., well-mettled adj.base-, heavy-, hot-, lion-, slack-, slow-, soft-mettled: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [adjective] > having specific disposition

hearteda1200

cheeredc1225

entechedc1374

tempered1390

disposedc1430

conditioneda1450

mindedc1487

conceited?1536

inclined1543

natured1552

humoured1566

mettled1576

digested1607

complexioned1643

dispositioned1646

complexionated1650

constitutioned1711

complexionate1750

temperamented-

1576 G. Pettie Petite Pallace 199 If some hard mettald louer light vnto their lot, they..bringe him from very wealthy to somewhat needy.

1592 Arden of Feversham ii. ii Why, this would steale soft metled cowardice.

1604 Meeting of Gallants sig. B You are a strong Mettalde Gentle-man, because you do not feare..to lie in the fellowes of those sheetes that two dead Bodies were wrapt in.

1607 B. Barnes Divils Charter iii. ii As base a mettled coward as euer was coyn'd out of the sooty side of a copper kettle.

1640 R. Brathwait Ar't Asleepe Husband? 42 We must present such active spirits, as were those of Penthisilea's and Antiope's, who in an amorous encounter would meet their brave metall'd Macedons.

1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness ii. xii. 55 Where their minds are enraged and heightned by the sound of the Drum and the Trumpet, (which are able to put but an ordinarily-metall'd man out of his wits).

1664 J. Wilson Andronicus Comnenius i. iv. 15 'Tis a brave mettled Amazon.

1691 T. Shadwell Scowrers iii. i. 21 Brave mettled Girls; I grow mad in Love, and 'twill break out into a flame.

1828 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (new ed.) 52 The goshawk is so slack mettled, that it requires the most skilful management to make him fly at all.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge For Transparency by W. Allston in Compl. Poet. Wks. (1912) I. 972 We've conquered us a Peace, like lads true metalled: And Bankrupt Nap's accounts seem all now settled.

a. Of a person: = mettlesome adj. 1c.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > [adjective]

braga1350

animose?a1425

heartlya1450

stomachous1547

bold-spirited1597

mettled1599

mettle1606

animous1609

stomachful1610

stomachious1611

brave-spiriteda1617

mettlesome1673

game1752

spunky1786

spunk1788

gamelike1804

good-woolled1846

plucked1846

bold-hearted1847

gamey1849

gameful1853

gutsy1893

feisty1896

gutty1953

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively and energetic

doing1591

mettled1599

spiritful1599

spirited1601

mettle1606

free-spirited1613

high-mettleda1626

spright1658

racy1671

mettlesome1673

dashing1796

peppery1829

spunky1831

fizzy1855

zippy1903

the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adjective]

jollyc1325

kedgec1440

fledge?1461

frisky?a1500

sprightya1522

frisk1528

sprightful1550

quick-spirited1552

lively1567

quick-sprighted1579

alive-like1582

aleger1590

firking1594

sprightly1594

sportive1595

mettled1599

alives-like1601

spirited1601

spirituous1601

mettle1606

great-stomached1607

free-spirited1613

spirity1615

spiritous1628

vivacious1645

rattlingc1650

sportful1650

airy1654

animated1660

racy1671

mettlesome1673

sparklinga1704

raffing?1719

bob1721

vivace1721

alive1748

lifey1793

spunky1831

gilpie1835

bubbling1860

chippy1865

bubblesome1879

colourful1882

sparky1883

bubbly1912

jazzy1917

spritzy1973

sparkly1979

kicking1983

1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 35 What great imployment with stirring and mettald spirits.

a1637 B. Jonson Kings Entertainm. at Welbeck sig. Oo1^v in Wks. (1640) III Such a light, and metall'd Dance Saw you never yet in France.

1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad iv. lxxxii. 91 I get me a young Crew of sturdy Swains, Whose budding Valour itcht for martial jarr: All metled Lads.

1656 J. Harrington Common-wealth of Oceana 40 It was the Custome of the Nobility to have younger Brothers of good houses, metall'd fellows, and such as were knowing in the seats of Arms about them.

1668 G. Etherege She wou'd if she Cou'd iii. iii. 48 They are mettled Girls, I warrant them, Sir Joslin, let 'em be what they will.

1698 T. D'Urfey Campaigners iv. i. 37 I am a mettled fellow when I'm drunk.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. vi. 78 The Sex love us mettled fellows at their hearts.

1760 F. Fawkes tr. Anacreon Odes (1789) 93 Should some mettled Blade delight In the bloody Scenes of Fight, Let him to this Stage ascend.

1915 J. Buchan Salute to Adventurers xxiii. 320 There's a wonderful kindness in Providence to mettled folk.

b. Of an animal, esp. a horse: = mettlesome adj. 1b. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

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

a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Spanish Gipsie (1653) iii. 406 The backing of your mettl'd Barbary.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 267 He shall wonder that there is such a mettled fervencie in horses, as [etc.].

1714 S. Centlivre Wonder iii. 40 So have I seen a metled Courser fly, Tear up the Ground, and toss his Rider high.

a1764 R. Lloyd Poetry Professors 22 Fine-bred things of mettled blood, Pick'd from Apollo's royal stud.

1827 M. R. Mitford in Dram. Scenes 388 The sportsman, though he little reck Of scenery grand or rude, Will oft his mettled courser check To view thy solitude.

1866 J. G. Edgar Runnymede xiv. 80 Their mettled palfreys.

1942 E. Paul Narrow Street iv. 31 To see the handsome army officers ride by on mettled and well-bred horses.

1978 Jrnl. Lakeland Dial. Soc. No. 40. 30 Long life unto the huntsman of this mettled pack of hounds.

†c. Of an action, event, etc.: = mettlesome adj. 1a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of action: involving or requiring vigour > carried out or proceeding with vigour

stiffc1250

busyc1275

greatc1275

sternc1275

smart?a1400

stark1489

thronga1525

vigorous1524

stout1582

intensive1605

spiritful?1611

warm1627

intense1645

mettlesome1645

spirited1670

mettled1682

sturdy1697

energetic1700

vivid1702

robustful1800

toughish1840

lively1844

full out1920

a1637 B. Jonson Kings Entertainm. at Welbeck sig. Oo1^v in Wks. (1640) III Such a light, and metall'd Dance Saw you never yet in France.]

1682 Heraclitus Ridens 27 June 2/2 'Twas a mettled Speech, seasonable and successful.

1701 C. Cibber Love makes Man v. 55 I find thou hast done a Mettled thing.

1768 Woman of Honor II. 54 Not having a heart for such a mettled enterprize.

†3. Half-drunk. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1678 A. Littleton Linguæ Latinæ Liber Dictionarius Mettled or fudled, madulsa, semiebrius.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	mettled
释义	mettledadj. Brit. /ˈmɛtld/, U.S. /ˈmɛdld/ Forms: 1500s mettald, 1500s–1700s metled, 1600s metal'd, 1600s mettalde, 1600s metteld, 1600s 1800s metalled, 1600s– mettled. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mettle n., -ed suffix². Etymology: < mettle n. + -ed suffix². Compare earlier metalled adj. and see etymological note s.v. mettle n. Now rare (chiefly archaic or regional). 1. Usually with modifying adverb: having a temperament, character, or disposition of a specified kind. See also high-mettled adj., well-mettled adj.base-, heavy-, hot-, lion-, slack-, slow-, soft-mettled: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [adjective] > having specific disposition hearteda1200 cheeredc1225 entechedc1374 tempered1390 disposedc1430 conditioneda1450 mindedc1487 conceited?1536 inclined1543 natured1552 humoured1566 mettled1576 digested1607 complexioned1643 dispositioned1646 complexionated1650 constitutioned1711 complexionate1750 temperamented- 1576 G. Pettie Petite Pallace 199 If some hard mettald louer light vnto their lot, they..bringe him from very wealthy to somewhat needy. 1592 Arden of Feversham ii. ii Why, this would steale soft metled cowardice. 1604 Meeting of Gallants sig. B You are a strong Mettalde Gentle-man, because you do not feare..to lie in the fellowes of those sheetes that two dead Bodies were wrapt in. 1607 B. Barnes Divils Charter iii. ii As base a mettled coward as euer was coyn'd out of the sooty side of a copper kettle. 1640 R. Brathwait Ar't Asleepe Husband? 42 We must present such active spirits, as were those of Penthisilea's and Antiope's, who in an amorous encounter would meet their brave metall'd Macedons. 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness ii. xii. 55 Where their minds are enraged and heightned by the sound of the Drum and the Trumpet, (which are able to put but an ordinarily-metall'd man out of his wits). 1664 J. Wilson Andronicus Comnenius i. iv. 15 'Tis a brave mettled Amazon. 1691 T. Shadwell Scowrers iii. i. 21 Brave mettled Girls; I grow mad in Love, and 'twill break out into a flame. 1828 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (new ed.) 52 The goshawk is so slack mettled, that it requires the most skilful management to make him fly at all. a1834 S. T. Coleridge For Transparency by W. Allston in Compl. Poet. Wks. (1912) I. 972 We've conquered us a Peace, like lads true metalled: And Bankrupt Nap's accounts seem all now settled. 2. a. Of a person: = mettlesome adj. 1c. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > [adjective] braga1350 animose?a1425 heartlya1450 stomachous1547 bold-spirited1597 mettled1599 mettle1606 animous1609 stomachful1610 stomachious1611 brave-spiriteda1617 mettlesome1673 game1752 spunky1786 spunk1788 gamelike1804 good-woolled1846 plucked1846 bold-hearted1847 gamey1849 gameful1853 gutsy1893 feisty1896 gutty1953 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively and energetic doing1591 mettled1599 spiritful1599 spirited1601 mettle1606 free-spirited1613 high-mettleda1626 spright1658 racy1671 mettlesome1673 dashing1796 peppery1829 spunky1831 fizzy1855 zippy1903 the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adjective] jollyc1325 kedgec1440 fledge?1461 frisky?a1500 sprightya1522 frisk1528 sprightful1550 quick-spirited1552 lively1567 quick-sprighted1579 alive-like1582 aleger1590 firking1594 sprightly1594 sportive1595 mettled1599 alives-like1601 spirited1601 spirituous1601 mettle1606 great-stomached1607 free-spirited1613 spirity1615 spiritous1628 vivacious1645 rattlingc1650 sportful1650 airy1654 animated1660 racy1671 mettlesome1673 sparklinga1704 raffing?1719 bob1721 vivace1721 alive1748 lifey1793 spunky1831 gilpie1835 bubbling1860 chippy1865 bubblesome1879 colourful1882 sparky1883 bubbly1912 jazzy1917 spritzy1973 sparkly1979 kicking1983 1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 35 What great imployment with stirring and mettald spirits. a1637 B. Jonson Kings Entertainm. at Welbeck sig. Oo1^v in Wks. (1640) III Such a light, and metall'd Dance Saw you never yet in France. 1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad iv. lxxxii. 91 I get me a young Crew of sturdy Swains, Whose budding Valour itcht for martial jarr: All metled Lads. 1656 J. Harrington Common-wealth of Oceana 40 It was the Custome of the Nobility to have younger Brothers of good houses, metall'd fellows, and such as were knowing in the seats of Arms about them. 1668 G. Etherege She wou'd if she Cou'd iii. iii. 48 They are mettled Girls, I warrant them, Sir Joslin, let 'em be what they will. 1698 T. D'Urfey Campaigners iv. i. 37 I am a mettled fellow when I'm drunk. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. vi. 78 The Sex love us mettled fellows at their hearts. 1760 F. Fawkes tr. Anacreon Odes (1789) 93 Should some mettled Blade delight In the bloody Scenes of Fight, Let him to this Stage ascend. 1915 J. Buchan Salute to Adventurers xxiii. 320 There's a wonderful kindness in Providence to mettled folk. b. Of an animal, esp. a horse: = mettlesome adj. 1b. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ 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 a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Spanish Gipsie (1653) iii. 406 The backing of your mettl'd Barbary. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 267 He shall wonder that there is such a mettled fervencie in horses, as [etc.]. 1714 S. Centlivre Wonder iii. 40 So have I seen a metled Courser fly, Tear up the Ground, and toss his Rider high. a1764 R. Lloyd Poetry Professors 22 Fine-bred things of mettled blood, Pick'd from Apollo's royal stud. 1827 M. R. Mitford in Dram. Scenes 388 The sportsman, though he little reck Of scenery grand or rude, Will oft his mettled courser check To view thy solitude. 1866 J. G. Edgar Runnymede xiv. 80 Their mettled palfreys. 1942 E. Paul Narrow Street iv. 31 To see the handsome army officers ride by on mettled and well-bred horses. 1978 Jrnl. Lakeland Dial. Soc. No. 40. 30 Long life unto the huntsman of this mettled pack of hounds. †c. Of an action, event, etc.: = mettlesome adj. 1a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of action: involving or requiring vigour > carried out or proceeding with vigour stiffc1250 busyc1275 greatc1275 sternc1275 smart?a1400 stark1489 thronga1525 vigorous1524 stout1582 intensive1605 spiritful?1611 warm1627 intense1645 mettlesome1645 spirited1670 mettled1682 sturdy1697 energetic1700 vivid1702 robustful1800 toughish1840 lively1844 full out1920 a1637 B. Jonson Kings Entertainm. at Welbeck sig. Oo1^v in Wks. (1640) III Such a light, and metall'd Dance Saw you never yet in France.] 1682 Heraclitus Ridens 27 June 2/2 'Twas a mettled Speech, seasonable and successful. 1701 C. Cibber Love makes Man v. 55 I find thou hast done a Mettled thing. 1768 Woman of Honor II. 54 Not having a heart for such a mettled enterprize. †3. Half-drunk. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1678 A. Littleton Linguæ Latinæ Liber Dictionarius Mettled or fudled, madulsa, semiebrius. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1576
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