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HIGH-SPIRITEDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does high-spiritedness mean?
• HIGH-SPIRITEDNESS (noun)
The noun HIGH-SPIRITEDNESS has 1 sense:
1. exuberant liveliness
Familiarity information: HIGH-SPIRITEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exuberant liveliness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("high-spiritedness" is a kind of...):
life; liveliness; spirit; sprightliness (animation and energy in action or expression)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "high-spiritedness"):
vivacity (characterized by high spirits and animation)
mettlesomeness (courageous high-spiritedness)
Derivation:
high-spirited (joyously unrestrained)
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