sprightfuladj.

Brit.

/ˈsprʌɪtf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/ˈspraɪtfəl/

Forms: see sprite n. and -ful suffix.

Etymology: < sprite n. (see forms at that entry) + -ful suffix. Compare spiritful adj., sprightly adj.

Now rare in British use.

1. Full of spirit.

a. Of a person: full of energy or animation; active, vigorous; lively, energetic (cf. sprightly adj. 2a). Also: assertive, determined, bold. Cf. spirited adj. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively, vivacious, or animated

jollyc1325

lightsomea1382

kedgec1440

fledge?1461

crank1499

frisky?a1500

sprightya1522

frisk1528

sprightful1550

quick-spirited1552

cranking1567

lively1567

quick-sprighted1579

aleger1590

bright-eyed1590

firking1594

sprightly1594

spirituous1601

great-stomached1607

spirity1615

spiritous1628

lifesomec1635

vivacious1645

rattlingc1650

quick-set1653

airy1654

animated1660

sparklinga1704

bob1721

vivace1721

animate1801

high-lifed1859

sassy1859

chippy1865

sparky1883

high-keyed1893

high life1903

peppy1914

pepful1915

jazzy1917

upbeat1947

zappy1969

sparkly1979

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

1550 tr. A. Corvinus Postill sig. q.vi^v We reproue & detest also those spriteful men, whiche w^t their Masses & supsticion haue abused y^e supper instituted by Christ.

1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater iv. iii. sig. H1^v I could be farre more sprightfull, had I eaten.

1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xix. 48 The French Nation is quick and spritful.

1658 T. Bromhall Treat. Specters i. 112 The servant..recovering life, and becoming as sprightful as ever he was.

1697 J. Evelyn Numismata ix. 308 Spriteful and Vigorous, striving to get the better of his little Boy.

1781 H. Cowley Belle's Stratagem iii. i. 36 Parson Dobbin's [sic] was the sprightfuller man of the two.

1859 Kansas Herald of Freedom (Lawrence) 30 Apr. 1/3 The hoary headed man of God, and the sunny, gay, sprightful youth, stand side by side.

1906 D. Heron Kinsmen i. 17 Lilias Napier..was then a sprightful little maiden, with so great a love of mischief writ on her face.

1975 Jet 25 Sept. 47/2 Mrs. Kiser, sprightful for her age, said their strong religious convictions have held them together.

2014 P. S. McKenzie When Truth is Lost viii. 77 This meant surrendering teaching to pursue her new job as the main child raiser of three sprightful children.

b. Of an animal (formerly esp. a horse): lively, energetic; high-spirited; playful. Cf. spirited adj. 2b.

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

1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades vii. 120 His readie Chariotere did scourge his sprigthful horse.

1669 J. Flavell Husbandry Spiritualized i. ix. 105 If one should give thee a handsom and sprightful horse.

1721 G. L. Gentleman's New Jockey (ed. 7) ii. iv. 167 Fresh and gentle Gales, which will contribute to the Vivacity of the Horse, and render him more spriteful.

?1755 R. Comberbach Contest 20 Thus Themes, my learned Friend, Would bear thy sprightful Pegasus aloft.

1871 Venango (Franklin, Pa) Spectator 29 Dec. For children..there is no better playmate than a healthy, young and sprightful dog.

1889 Ornithologist & Oölogist Aug. 126/1 Those sprightful little fellows popularly known as ‘tip ups’.

2012 Tampa Bay Times (Nexis) 19 Jan. 1 Spirited and sprightful canines.

2. Of a thing, action, etc.: vigorous, energetic; characterized by, displaying, or suggestive of liveliness, vigour, or animation. Cf. spirited adj. 2c.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [adjective] > lively or animated (of things)

rattlinga1398

sprightful1595

sprightly1598

vivacious1670

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively, vivacious, or animated > specifically of things

rattlinga1398

quickly1435

feverous1591

sprightful1595

sprightly1598

vegetea1643

bright-eyed1652

vivacious1670

sparkyc1865

1595 G. Chapman Ouids Banquet of Sence sig. B3 He the purifying rapture sings Of his eares sence, takes full the Thespian boule And it carrouseth to his Mistres health, Whose sprightfull verdure did dull flesh controle.

1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures xv. 83 The wood..hath beene blessed by some of their sacred bodies, & bedewed with their last spritefull breath.

1663 J. Mayne tr. Lucian Part of Lucian sig. Hh3^v Who..thinke they have done nothing great, or sprightfull.

1681 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. I i. 11 The constant, free, and sprightful Exercise of his Faculties.

1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub (ed. 3) (Ep. Ded.) 9 No Man raillyes with a better Grace, and in more spriteful Turns.

1746 W. Boyer Dissertation 25 Pointed Turns of Wit, and Sallies of a sprightful Imagination.

1807 Salmagundi 11 Nov. 356 Striking up the right jolly and sprightfull tune of Ca Ira.

1872 Frank Leslie's Illustr. Newspaper 10 Feb. 343/2 Our Will flew ahead in spriteful glee.

1929 Carroll (Iowa) Times 9 Jan. i. 2/5 One of the best biographies of recent years; told in an entertaining light, sprightful and sympathetic manner.

1966 Daily Texan (Univ. Texas, Austin) 16 Nov. 7/4 The music..was enchanting, melodic, sprightful.

2002 Weekends Away 75 The happy music of George Gershwin and the spriteful dancing of Gene Kelly.

†3. Containing spirit; spirituous.

a. Of the blood: containing vital spirit. Cf. spirit n. 21a(a). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > with alcohol added

spiritful1608

sprightful1615

spirituous1646

spirited1648

with a stick in it1808

well-laced1826

brandied1833

brandified1841

whiskied1850

spiked1909

needled1929

alcoholic1989

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 217 Both the Arteries..arise from the trunke of the great Arterie vnder the emulgent neere the great bone, and are full of sprightfull blood.

1635 T. Laurence 2 Serm. ii. 19 As long as the humors in our body are at a faire agreement,..the sprightfull bloud ballast with melancholy, the whole is preserved by the harmony of its parts.

1663 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. D. Sennert Art Chirurg.: 5th Bk. Pract. Physick (new ed.) i. xliii. 2529/2 The thin and sprightful blood breaking forth of the Artery under the skin lifteth it up into a Tumor or Swelling.

b. Containing or impregnated with alcohol. Cf. spirit n. 23, spirited adj. 4. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [adjective]

sprightful1622

spiritousa1684

1622 J. Taylor Farewell to Tower-bottles sig. A2^v Few Ships my visitation did escape, That brought the sprightfull liquor of the Grape.

1648 J. Beaumont Psyche iv. lxxx. 50/2 Must I be ravish'd from my naturall store Of sprightfull Wines, and forc'd to drink the dead Could puddle Water.

1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ vii. 96 The Pear-tree bears almost its weight of sprightful Winy Liquor.

Derivatives

ˈsprightfully adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adverb] > in a lively manner

quicklyOE

heartilya1450

vively1471

sprightlya1584

sportively1597

sprightfully1597

spiritfully?1609

lifelike1637

sprightlily1739

vivaciously1815

rattlingly1824

friskily1862

spirity1865

sparklingly1879

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

quicklyOE

heartilya1450

sprightlya1584

sprightfully1597

spiritfully?1609

lifelike1637

sprightlily1739

spiritedly1750

livelily1751

spirituously1751

good-temperedly1776

spiritly1796

vivaciously1815

animately1822

rattlingly1824

friskily1862

spirity1865

sparklingly1879

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 3 The Duke of Norfolke sprightfully and bold, Staies but the summons of the appellants trumpet.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xiii. 182 The Phthian, and Epeian troopes, did spritefully assaile, The God-like Hector.

1758 D. Garrick Gamesters iv. 56 You look more sprightfully, wife; something has pleas'd you.

1850 Eclectic Mag. Nov. 397/1 Her head and tail were up; she sprightfully champed her bit.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 23 Sept. 12/1 The girl..who ‘enjoys life sprightfully, daringly, and glowingly’.

2016 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 26 June mm32 Ozick, who is now 88 (‘piano keys’, as she sprightfully said when I congratulated her on her recent birthday), has not ceased from the mental fight in the intervening years.

ˈsprightfulness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigour or liveliness

jollinessc1386

liveliheadc1425

quicknessc1425

vyfnes1475

ramagec1485

couragea1498

liveliness1534

spritec1540

livelihood1566

life1583

sprightliness1599

sprightfulness1602

ruach1606

sprightiness1607

sparkle1611

airiness1628

vivacy1637

spiritfulness1644

spirit1651

vivacity1652

spiritedness1654

brightness1660

sprightness1660

ramageness1686

race1690

friskiness1727

spirituousness1727

vivaciousness1727

brio1731

raciness1759

phlogiston1789

animation1791

lifefulness1829

pepper-and-salt1842

corkiness1845

aliveness1853

vitality1858

music1859

virtu1876

liveness1890

zippiness1907

bounce1909

zing1917

radioactivity1922

oomph1937

pizzazz1937

zinginess1938

hep1946

vavoom1962

welly1977

masala1986

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

jollinessc1386

liveliheadc1425

quicknessc1425

vyfnes1475

couragea1498

liveliness1534

livelihood1566

life1583

sprightliness1599

sprightfulness1602

sprightiness1607

airiness1628

vivacy1637

spirit1651

vivacity1651

spiritedness1654

brightness1660

friskiness1727

spirituousness1727

vivaciousness1727

animoseness1730

brio1731

animation1791

lifefulness1829

corkiness1845

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > cheerful liveliness

taitea1400

lightsomeness?a1425

alacritya1460

life1583

sprightfulness1602

airiness1628

alacriousness1657

animal spirits1701

spirits1716

chirpiness1867

form1877

chipperness1887

1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. C Or if your proude flesh with a sparing dyet, Can still retaine her swelling spritefulnes; Then Court (insteed of her) the croaking vermine.

1622 L. Digges tr. G. de Céspedes y Meneses Gerardo ii. i. 246 The carelesse quicke sprightfulnesse of our Court Dames.

1708 Brit. Apollo 3–7 Apr. That sprightfullness of Thought, he had been formerly Master of.

1869 Galaxy Nov. 679 To rival or even to eclipse Miss Lydia Thompson in beauty and in saucy spritefulness.

1952 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 30 Apr. 12/3 A Happy-go-lucky friend may call on you during the day, bringing a gay spritefulness into the household.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sprightful
释义	sprightfuladj. Brit. /ˈsprʌɪtf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈspraɪtfəl/ Forms: see sprite n. and -ful suffix. Etymology: < sprite n. (see forms at that entry) + -ful suffix. Compare spiritful adj., sprightly adj. Now rare in British use. 1. Full of spirit. a. Of a person: full of energy or animation; active, vigorous; lively, energetic (cf. sprightly adj. 2a). Also: assertive, determined, bold. Cf. spirited adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively, vivacious, or animated jollyc1325 lightsomea1382 kedgec1440 fledge?1461 crank1499 frisky?a1500 sprightya1522 frisk1528 sprightful1550 quick-spirited1552 cranking1567 lively1567 quick-sprighted1579 aleger1590 bright-eyed1590 firking1594 sprightly1594 spirituous1601 great-stomached1607 spirity1615 spiritous1628 lifesomec1635 vivacious1645 rattlingc1650 quick-set1653 airy1654 animated1660 sparklinga1704 bob1721 vivace1721 animate1801 high-lifed1859 sassy1859 chippy1865 sparky1883 high-keyed1893 high life1903 peppy1914 pepful1915 jazzy1917 upbeat1947 zappy1969 sparkly1979 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 1550 tr. A. Corvinus Postill sig. q.vi^v We reproue & detest also those spriteful men, whiche w^t their Masses & supsticion haue abused y^e supper instituted by Christ. 1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater iv. iii. sig. H1^v I could be farre more sprightfull, had I eaten. 1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xix. 48 The French Nation is quick and spritful. 1658 T. Bromhall Treat. Specters i. 112 The servant..recovering life, and becoming as sprightful as ever he was. 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata ix. 308 Spriteful and Vigorous, striving to get the better of his little Boy. 1781 H. Cowley Belle's Stratagem iii. i. 36 Parson Dobbin's [sic] was the sprightfuller man of the two. 1859 Kansas Herald of Freedom (Lawrence) 30 Apr. 1/3 The hoary headed man of God, and the sunny, gay, sprightful youth, stand side by side. 1906 D. Heron Kinsmen i. 17 Lilias Napier..was then a sprightful little maiden, with so great a love of mischief writ on her face. 1975 Jet 25 Sept. 47/2 Mrs. Kiser, sprightful for her age, said their strong religious convictions have held them together. 2014 P. S. McKenzie When Truth is Lost viii. 77 This meant surrendering teaching to pursue her new job as the main child raiser of three sprightful children. b. Of an animal (formerly esp. a horse): lively, energetic; high-spirited; playful. Cf. spirited adj. 2b. 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 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades vii. 120 His readie Chariotere did scourge his sprigthful horse. 1669 J. Flavell Husbandry Spiritualized i. ix. 105 If one should give thee a handsom and sprightful horse. 1721 G. L. Gentleman's New Jockey (ed. 7) ii. iv. 167 Fresh and gentle Gales, which will contribute to the Vivacity of the Horse, and render him more spriteful. ?1755 R. Comberbach Contest 20 Thus Themes, my learned Friend, Would bear thy sprightful Pegasus aloft. 1871 Venango (Franklin, Pa) Spectator 29 Dec. For children..there is no better playmate than a healthy, young and sprightful dog. 1889 Ornithologist & Oölogist Aug. 126/1 Those sprightful little fellows popularly known as ‘tip ups’. 2012 Tampa Bay Times (Nexis) 19 Jan. 1 Spirited and sprightful canines. 2. Of a thing, action, etc.: vigorous, energetic; characterized by, displaying, or suggestive of liveliness, vigour, or animation. Cf. spirited adj. 2c. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [adjective] > lively or animated (of things) rattlinga1398 sprightful1595 sprightly1598 vivacious1670 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively, vivacious, or animated > specifically of things rattlinga1398 quickly1435 feverous1591 sprightful1595 sprightly1598 vegetea1643 bright-eyed1652 vivacious1670 sparkyc1865 1595 G. Chapman Ouids Banquet of Sence sig. B3 He the purifying rapture sings Of his eares sence, takes full the Thespian boule And it carrouseth to his Mistres health, Whose sprightfull verdure did dull flesh controle. 1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures xv. 83 The wood..hath beene blessed by some of their sacred bodies, & bedewed with their last spritefull breath. 1663 J. Mayne tr. Lucian Part of Lucian sig. Hh3^v Who..thinke they have done nothing great, or sprightfull. 1681 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. I i. 11 The constant, free, and sprightful Exercise of his Faculties. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub (ed. 3) (Ep. Ded.) 9 No Man raillyes with a better Grace, and in more spriteful Turns. 1746 W. Boyer Dissertation 25 Pointed Turns of Wit, and Sallies of a sprightful Imagination. 1807 Salmagundi 11 Nov. 356 Striking up the right jolly and sprightfull tune of Ca Ira. 1872 Frank Leslie's Illustr. Newspaper 10 Feb. 343/2 Our Will flew ahead in spriteful glee. 1929 Carroll (Iowa) Times 9 Jan. i. 2/5 One of the best biographies of recent years; told in an entertaining light, sprightful and sympathetic manner. 1966 Daily Texan (Univ. Texas, Austin) 16 Nov. 7/4 The music..was enchanting, melodic, sprightful. 2002 Weekends Away 75 The happy music of George Gershwin and the spriteful dancing of Gene Kelly. †3. Containing spirit; spirituous. a. Of the blood: containing vital spirit. Cf. spirit n. 21a(a). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > with alcohol added spiritful1608 sprightful1615 spirituous1646 spirited1648 with a stick in it1808 well-laced1826 brandied1833 brandified1841 whiskied1850 spiked1909 needled1929 alcoholic1989 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 217 Both the Arteries..arise from the trunke of the great Arterie vnder the emulgent neere the great bone, and are full of sprightfull blood. 1635 T. Laurence 2 Serm. ii. 19 As long as the humors in our body are at a faire agreement,..the sprightfull bloud ballast with melancholy, the whole is preserved by the harmony of its parts. 1663 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. D. Sennert Art Chirurg.: 5th Bk. Pract. Physick (new ed.) i. xliii. 2529/2 The thin and sprightful blood breaking forth of the Artery under the skin lifteth it up into a Tumor or Swelling. b. Containing or impregnated with alcohol. Cf. spirit n. 23, spirited adj. 4. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [adjective] sprightful1622 spiritousa1684 1622 J. Taylor Farewell to Tower-bottles sig. A2^v Few Ships my visitation did escape, That brought the sprightfull liquor of the Grape. 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche iv. lxxx. 50/2 Must I be ravish'd from my naturall store Of sprightfull Wines, and forc'd to drink the dead Could puddle Water. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ vii. 96 The Pear-tree bears almost its weight of sprightful Winy Liquor. Derivatives ˈsprightfully adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adverb] > in a lively manner quicklyOE heartilya1450 vively1471 sprightlya1584 sportively1597 sprightfully1597 spiritfully?1609 lifelike1637 sprightlily1739 vivaciously1815 rattlingly1824 friskily1862 spirity1865 sparklingly1879 the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adverb] quicklyOE heartilya1450 sprightlya1584 sprightfully1597 spiritfully?1609 lifelike1637 sprightlily1739 spiritedly1750 livelily1751 spirituously1751 good-temperedly1776 spiritly1796 vivaciously1815 animately1822 rattlingly1824 friskily1862 spirity1865 sparklingly1879 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 3 The Duke of Norfolke sprightfully and bold, Staies but the summons of the appellants trumpet. View more context for this quotation ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xiii. 182 The Phthian, and Epeian troopes, did spritefully assaile, The God-like Hector. 1758 D. Garrick Gamesters iv. 56 You look more sprightfully, wife; something has pleas'd you. 1850 Eclectic Mag. Nov. 397/1 Her head and tail were up; she sprightfully champed her bit. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 23 Sept. 12/1 The girl..who ‘enjoys life sprightfully, daringly, and glowingly’. 2016 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 26 June mm32 Ozick, who is now 88 (‘piano keys’, as she sprightfully said when I congratulated her on her recent birthday), has not ceased from the mental fight in the intervening years. ˈsprightfulness n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigour or liveliness jollinessc1386 liveliheadc1425 quicknessc1425 vyfnes1475 ramagec1485 couragea1498 liveliness1534 spritec1540 livelihood1566 life1583 sprightliness1599 sprightfulness1602 ruach1606 sprightiness1607 sparkle1611 airiness1628 vivacy1637 spiritfulness1644 spirit1651 vivacity1652 spiritedness1654 brightness1660 sprightness1660 ramageness1686 race1690 friskiness1727 spirituousness1727 vivaciousness1727 brio1731 raciness1759 phlogiston1789 animation1791 lifefulness1829 pepper-and-salt1842 corkiness1845 aliveness1853 vitality1858 music1859 virtu1876 liveness1890 zippiness1907 bounce1909 zing1917 radioactivity1922 oomph1937 pizzazz1937 zinginess1938 hep1946 vavoom1962 welly1977 masala1986 the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [noun] jollinessc1386 liveliheadc1425 quicknessc1425 vyfnes1475 couragea1498 liveliness1534 livelihood1566 life1583 sprightliness1599 sprightfulness1602 sprightiness1607 airiness1628 vivacy1637 spirit1651 vivacity1651 spiritedness1654 brightness1660 friskiness1727 spirituousness1727 vivaciousness1727 animoseness1730 brio1731 animation1791 lifefulness1829 corkiness1845 the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > cheerful liveliness taitea1400 lightsomeness?a1425 alacritya1460 life1583 sprightfulness1602 airiness1628 alacriousness1657 animal spirits1701 spirits1716 chirpiness1867 form1877 chipperness1887 1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. C Or if your proude flesh with a sparing dyet, Can still retaine her swelling spritefulnes; Then Court (insteed of her) the croaking vermine. 1622 L. Digges tr. G. de Céspedes y Meneses Gerardo ii. i. 246 The carelesse quicke sprightfulnesse of our Court Dames. 1708 Brit. Apollo 3–7 Apr. That sprightfullness of Thought, he had been formerly Master of. 1869 Galaxy Nov. 679 To rival or even to eclipse Miss Lydia Thompson in beauty and in saucy spritefulness. 1952 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 30 Apr. 12/3 A Happy-go-lucky friend may call on you during the day, bringing a gay spritefulness into the household. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1550
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