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sprightliness

noun

Etymology

From sprightly + -ness.

  1. derived from *(s)peys-✻ — “to blow; to breathe”
  2. derived from spīritus — “air; breath; breathing; ghost, spirit”
  3. derived from espirit
  4. derived from esprit
  5. derived from esprite
  6. inherited from sprit — “principle of life; soul, especially at the point of death; immaterial being (angel, demon, apparition, ghost, etc.); divine inspiration; Holy Spirit; the mind, intellect, reason; mental faculties, senses; power of prophecy; character, disposition; courage, resolution; mood, state of mind; human will; breath; (alchemy) volatile substance”
  7. formed as sprightliness — “sprightly + -ness”

Definitions

  1. The property of being sprightly.

    • ‘Nothing’s the matter, bless you, Master Davy dear!’ she answered, assuming an air of sprightliness.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sprightliness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA