poor-spirited
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of poor-spirited
First recorded in 1655–65
Example Sentences
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But the poor in spirit are not the poor-spirited.
From Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion by Peabody, Francis Greenwood
Why, what a poor-spirited fool I am to stay and whine!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 by Various
You are inclined to despise anybody so poor-spirited as to settle down and live in such a climate.
From A "Y Girl in France Letters of Katherine Shortall by Shortall, Katherine
Kilmarnock was a poor-spirited fellow compared with Emmet; and though there were many better men than Balmerino among the United Irishmen, it would be hard to find a worse one than Lord Lovat.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various
Along the coast of Guiana and Venezuela they again came across the gentle Arawak and ferocious Carib, the latter making himself respected everywhere, while his poor-spirited fellow-countryman was alternately caressed and plundered.
From The West Indies and the Spanish Main by Rodway, James
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