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Definition of High-spirited
1. Adjective. Joyously unrestrained.
Similar to: Spirited
Derivative terms: Ebullience, Exuberance, Exuberate, High-spiritedness
Definition of High-spirited
1. Adjective. Possessing a bold or exuberant nature. ¹
2. Adjective. energetic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of High-spirited
Literary usage of High-spirited
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Westward by Rail: A Journey to San Francisco and Back and a Visit to the Mormons by William Fraser Rae (1871)
"... the working of the government, and has profited by conversations with all
sections and classes of its energetic and high-spirited inhabitants. THE END. ..."
2. Rural Rides: In the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford by William Cobbett (1885)
"This is the clever, the profound, the blustering, too, and, above all things, "
the high spirited " Mr. Canning. However, more of this, hereafter. ..."
3. Ireland Past and Present by Augustus J. Thébaud, John Habberton (1878)
"But the verdict of posterity, always a just one, calls such a high-spirited and
unfearing attitude trite heroism, and spurns pusillanimity even when it ..."
4. A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes ; with Additional Notes by Isaac Reed, Robert Dodsley, Octavius Gilchrist, John Payne Collier (1825)
"... HONEST AND high-spirited PRENTICES, THE READERS. NONE but to you (as whom this
play most especially concerns) I thought good to dedicate this labour; ..."
5. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"This sachem was succeeded by Sassacus, who was fated to be the last great man of
his tribe.1 He was known as a noble and high-spirited Indian. ..."
6. The Chronicles of Baltimore: Being a Complete History of "Baltimore Town by John Thomas Scharf (1874)
"The convent was then removed to Baltimore in September of the year following.
services. He was a much valued and high-spirited citizen and a zealous patriot ..."
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