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Definition of Mettled
1. a. Having mettle; high-spirited; ardent; full of fire.
Definition of Mettled
1. Adjective. Having mettle or high spirits; ardent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mettled
1. mettle [adj] - See also: mettle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mettled
Literary usage of Mettled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... as two lions 'midst a mountain's peaks Battling above the carcase of a roe,
When both are hunger'd, mettled both alike ; Not otherwise above ..."
2. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"... the idle roof-tree hung; While to his chariot the master yokes The mettled
war-horse, dons a shining shield And golden mail, and buckles his good sword. ..."
3. Personal Recollections of the American Revolution: A Private Journal by Lydia Minturn Post (1859)
"... thanks to the high-mettled animal. CHARLES accompanied John Harris home from
school, with my permission, last night. He returned this morning, ..."
4. A Series of Letters from London Written During the Years 1856, '57, '58, '59 by George Mifflin Dallas, Julia Dallas (1869)
"mettled racers were forgotten in the universal eagerness to run after the Benicia
Boy! The victory over law, civilization, order, and morality, is complete. ..."
5. Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongueby Francis Grose, Pierce Egan by Francis Grose, Pierce Egan (1823)
"A slack-mettled fellow, one not ready to resent an affront. SLAM. A trick : also,
a game at whist lost without scoring one. To slam to a door ; to shut it ..."
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