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mettlesome

[ met-l-suhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

First recorded in 1655–65; mettle + -some ¹

I know no more mettlesome horse to ride on ahead of the King and in the beard of those city clowns.

The horse was mettlesome and high-spirited, and the sight of Perry's motor-cycle sent the animal leaping toward the roadside.

Socks, the most restive and mettlesome of the horses, started and whinnied as burning leaves struck him.

Bernardino led him to a pavilion where a number of pleasure-seekers were gathered and selected a sleigh and two mettlesome horses.

Quesada selected the most mettlesome and leaped into the deep saddle.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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