spiritedness
nounEtymology From spirited + -ness.
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In compounds, Sometimes The property of being spirited, of having spirit.
- At the end of a ride I appreciate this horse's stamina, but at the beginning of the ride I could do without his excessive spiritedness.
- I can't stand her mean-spiritedness. She won't even find time to visit her grandmother in hospital.
- Related terms
- high-spiritedness, low-spiritedness, poor-spiritedness