sprightlinessn.
/ˈsprʌɪtlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈspraɪtlinᵻs/ The state, quality, or fact of being sprightly; vigour; liveliness, animation; vivacity. Also (occasionally) as a count noun: an example of this; a sprightly attribute or act. Cf. sprightly adj.
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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
1599 Pil to Purge Melancholie sig. A3 Your supposed Arcadian sprightlinesse.
1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote xx.131 Now the whole troope mingled together, winding in and out with great spritelinesse and dexterity.
1666 H. Stubbe Miraculous Conformist 2 A vivacitie and spritelinesse that is nothing common.
1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 125 It..puts a new spriteliness into the clog'd Spirits.
1771 H. Mackenzie Man of Feeling xiii. 19 That period of life which takes..from the flippancy of girlhood those sprightlinesses which some good-natured old maids oblige the world with at three-score.
1832 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 5 I was struck with the cries of the birds we noticed: there was no sprightliness in them, nor melody.
1884 Girl's Own Paper 27 Sept. 813/3 All the sparkle and spriteliness of their youth will be pressed out of them.
1921 ‘A. Wharton’ Joan of Overbarrow x. 241 She had..been included, noticeably, in many of the bright glances accompanying the sprightlinesses with which he was accustomed to entertain his fiancée.
1970 Rotarian Mar. 27/2 An air of sprightliness prevails here.
2017 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 July 15 Scotland's older people are living longer and enjoying greater degree of health and sprightliness than any preceding generation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1599- to follow after
- to follow along
- to follow at foot
- to follow back
- to follow foot-hot
- to follow foothot
- to follow in a person's footsteps
- to follow in a person's steps
- to follow in suit
- to follow in the cry
- to follow its innings
- to follow measures
- to follow on
- to follow one's dream
- to follow one's heart
- to follow one's nose
- to follow one's star
- to follow out
- to follow simon at heels
- to follow suit
- to follow suit with
- to follow the crowd
- to follow the drum
- to follow the hounds
- to follow the lead of