poor-spirited
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of poor-spirited
First recorded in 1655–65
Example Sentences
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You answered so certainly; seemed to think it so poor-spirited to waste life in regrets.
From Lady Cassandra by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
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
If a brother is attached to his brother and does not quarrel with him, is he therefore poor-spirited?
From Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period by Jordan, Furneaux
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
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