Spirited, brisk, lively, mettlesome, valiant. Obsolete.
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释义 | the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > [adjective] (26) braga1350 Spirited, brisk, lively, mettlesome, valiant. Obsolete. animose?a1425 = animous, adj. heartlya1450 Courageous, spirited; = hearty, adj. 1a. Obsolete. stomachous1547 Spirited, courageous. bold-spirited1597 mettled1599 Of a person: = mettlesome, adj. 1c. mettle1606 (attributive). Spirited, feisty; lively, eager, willing. Also: brave, courageous. In later use Scottish and English regional (northern). Obsolete. animous1609 Spirited, courageous; (also) hot-tempered. stomachful1610 Spirited, courageous. stomachious1611 = stomachous, adj. brave-spiriteda1617 Chiefly parasynthetic, as brave-hearted, brave-horsed, brave-minded, brave-sensed, brave-spirited, brave-spiritedness. mettlesome1673 Of a person: high-spirited, vivacious, playful. Also: courageous, brave. game1752 Of a person or animal: full of pluck, spirit, or fight; spirited, plucky; intrepid. Also applied to actions, attributes, etc. spunky1786 Full of spunk or spirit; courageous, mettlesome, spirited. spunk1788 = spunky, adj. gamelike1804 Of a quality or attribute: befitting or like that of a gamecock; characterized by courage or fighting spirit. Cf. game, n. 20. Obsolete. rare. good-woolled1846 Chiefly English regional (Lincolnshire). Usually of a person: excellent, outstanding, first-rate; spec. plucky, spirited, game. Now also… plucked1846 Having pluck or courage; esp. in (good,etc.) plucked one (also 'un). Conversely †bad-plucked one. bold-hearted1847 gamey1849 Showing or characterized by spirit or pluck; = game, adj.1 1. gameful1853 Full of fighting spirit; valiant, plucky. Cf. game, adj.1 1, gamefully adv. at derivatives. rare. gutsy1893 Tough, spirited, courageous; possessing or requiring ‘guts’ (gut, n. 1d). feisty1896 Aggressive, excitable, touchy. gutty1953 = gutsy, adj. 2. Subcategories:— spirited (of animals) (2) |
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