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Definition of Mettlesome
1. Adjective. Having a proud and unbroken spirit.
2. Adjective. Willing to face danger.
Similar to: Brave, Courageous
Derivative terms: Grit, Mettlesomeness, Spunk
Definition of Mettlesome
1. a. Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; fiery; as, a mettlesome horse.
Definition of Mettlesome
1. Adjective. Of great mettle; courageous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mettlesome
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mettlesome
Literary usage of Mettlesome
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"Л Spunky, mettlesome. (2) A spark ; a match. North. (3) An excrescence on the
trunki of trees. SPUNT, part. p. Spurned. Stiff. SPUR, (1) ». To prop up. ..."
2. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"I now had my opportunity for laughing at them, and saying: "Those men of Florence
have set a young man upon a mettlesome horse; next they have buckled spurs ..."
3. Tachyhippodamia: Or, The New Secret of Taming Horses by Willis J. Powell, John S. Rarey (1872)
"HOW TO MAKE A DULL HORSE APPEAR mettlesome AND FULL OF FIRE FOR A SHORT TIME.
... In a word, he will act the part of a fiery, mettlesome horse, ..."
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