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Definition of Mettlesomeness
1. Noun. Courageous high-spiritedness.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mettlesomeness
Literary usage of Mettlesomeness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glimpses of Fifty Years: The Autobiography of an American Woman by Frances Elizabeth Willard (1889)
"... the unmistakable expression of highest force and mettlesomeness in character,
held in check by all the gentlest sentiments ; a mouth firm, yet delicate, ..."
2. A Short History of the Canadian People by George Bryce (1887)
"... and in the mettlesomeness of her growing youth the rebellion of 1837-8 took
place, not against the young Queen Victoria, then ascending the throne, ..."
3. The Chronicles of England, France, Spain, Etc. by Jean Froissart (1908)
"... but from the mettlesomeness of their horses, neither could strike the other.
At the second onset a blow was given, but it was by darting their spears; ..."
4. A History of Modern Liberty by James G. Mackinnon (1906)
"Those of Aragon and Catalonia which were representative of the Three Estates
showed, however, more mettlesomeness, and obliged Philip, by their staunch ..."
5. Others for 1919: An Anthology of the New Verse by Alfred Kreymborg (1920)
"In the case of mettlesomeness which may be mistaken for appetite, of heat which
may appear to be haste, no con- conclusions may be drawn. ..."
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