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mettlesome

[ met-l-suhm ]

adjective

  1. spirited; courageous.


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Origin of mettlesome1

First recorded in 1655–65; mettle + -some 1
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Pairing mettlesome athletes with cutting-edge technology is “the nucleus of what’s driven the program over the last 20 years,” Holdcroft said.

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Two mettlesome productions from feminist-leaning companies are pondering hard realities in the lives of modern women.

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And Juliet’s mettlesome temper became the engine that fueled the drama, above all in Act III, in which she seldom leaves the stage.

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To read a book about the pleasures, epiphanies and mettlesome feats someone has accumulated over the course of an incredibly long walk is to be fascinated, jealous and, most of all, incredulous.

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The weather does its best to massacre his New Yorkers, tormenting them with frigid winters and suffocating summers; their response to the vital challenge is to show off the mettlesome resilience of the human animal.

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