HIGH-SPIRITED
ADJECTIVES
1530 ► BRAINISH hot-headed; high-spirited; delirious → obs. exc. Sc.
1626 ► HIGH-METTLED high-spirited; courageous; full of fire; mettlesome
1790 ► CAMPERSOME lively, high-spirited → Eng. dial.
1898 ► AUNTY of persons: ready, bold, venturesome, high-spirited → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► AUNTY-PAUNTY → AUNTY-PRAUNTY of persons: proud, high-spirited → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► KINKY high-spirited → Amer. sl. obs.
1911 ► BUCKISH high-spirited, in good fettle → sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1388 ► GALLANT a gay, sprightly, airy, and courageous person; a high-spirited, daring person → arch.
1450 ► RAMP a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl: a high-spirited, independent woman, usually synonymous with a prostitute → obs.
1557 ► YOUNG BLOOD a lively, vigorous, or energetic young man; a confident, high-spirited young man; a rake, a dandy; an unruly young aristocrat
1999 ► BROTH OF A BOY a high-spirited fellow (Bk.)
VERBS
1831 ► FEEL ONE’S OATS to be high-spirited → Amer. sl., orig. of horses
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