- mettlesome
- adjective Date: 1662 full of mettle ; spirited
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
mettlesome
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Mettlesome — Met tle*some, a. Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; fiery; as, a mettlesome horse. [1913 Webster] {Met tle*some*ly}, adv. {Met tle*some*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mettlesome — index undaunted Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
mettlesome — (adj.) 1660s, from METTLE (Cf. mettle) + SOME (Cf. some) … Etymology dictionary
mettlesome — *spirited, high spirited, spunky, fiery, peppery, gingery Analogous words: courageous, bold, audacious, intrepid, *brave: *impassioned, passionate, ardent, fervent: restive, *impatient, restless … New Dictionary of Synonyms
mettlesome — [met′ l səm] adj. full of mettle; spirited; ardent, brave, etc.: also mettled … English World dictionary
mettlesome — /met l seuhm/, adj. spirited; courageous. [1655 65; METTLE + SOME1] * * * … Universalium
mettlesome — adjective Of great mettle; courageous … Wiktionary
mettlesome — Synonyms and related words: active, acute, aggressive, agitable, animated, beany, brisk, bulldoggish, courageous, dauntless, dynamic, edgy, emotional, emotionally unstable, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, eruptive, excitable, explosive,… … Moby Thesaurus
mettlesome — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. high strung, courageous, plucky. See courage, excitability. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [High spirited] Syn. spirited, vigorous, spunky; see active 2 . 2. [Gallant] Syn. plucky, valiant, dauntless;… … English dictionary for students
mettlesome — met|tle|some [ˈmetlsəm] adj literary full of energy and determination … Dictionary of contemporary English
