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Definition of Coltish
1. Adjective. Given to merry frolicking. "Frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes"
Similar to: Playful
Derivative terms: Frolicsomeness, Sportiveness
Definition of Coltish
1. a. Like a colt; wanton; frisky.
Definition of Coltish
1. Adjective. Lively and playful; frisky. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coltish
1. colt [adj] - See also: colt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coltish
Literary usage of Coltish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: To by John Walker (1806)
"—no, move, nor, pot ;—tube, tub, coltish, kolt'ish. a. Wanton. COLUMBINE, kól'im-bine.
s. (148). A plant with leaves like the meadow-rue ; the name ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"Romping, boisterous, frolicsome. Of women, implies romping with men. Her's a
rough gurt coltish piece, way a Hy ! vor everybody. ..."
3. The Diary of Master William Silence: A Study of Shakespeare & of Elizabethan by Dodgson Hamilton Madden (1897)
"Thus Chaucer, of old January, ' He was al coltish, ... Prince Hal's coltish
humours suggest to his father the ..."
4. St. Nicholas Book of Plays & Operettas (1900)
"I 'm coltish to-night. SmT. coltish? What mean'st thou? JESTER. Why, a little
hoarse. An it please you ask Master Rivers to sing. ..."
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