high-spirited
[hahy-spir-i-tid]
- characterized by energetic enthusiasm, elation, vivacity, etc.
- boldly courageous; mettlesome.
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Origin of high-spirited
First recorded in 1625–35
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Examples from the Web for high-spirited
Contemporary Examples
Then again, this is not the high-spirited Mary we met in Season 1—indeed, none of the Crawleys are the same.
Back in the dark days of the Great Depression, Hollywood pumped out brilliant, inspiring, high-spirited films.
My mother said he was high-spirited and that probably got him killed there.
There, Nim met Bob Ingersoll, a high-spirited University of Oklahoma student who worked at the facility.
Historical Examples
He forgot that humble worship was not the way to win a high-spirited girl.
The Man ShakespeareFrank Harris
This was a terrible mortification to the high-spirited young man.
Henry DunbarM. E. Braddon
She was high-minded, and high-spirited, and not without a dash of romance.
And she is so—so fidgety and—and nervous and high-spirited and silly.
Cap'n Dan's DaughterJoseph C. Lincoln
Ye little know what it is to be the mother of a high-spirited boy.
The O'RuddyStephen Crane
high-spirited
- vivacious, bold, or lively
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