moxie
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- mŏk'sē, /ʼmɒksi/, /mQksi/
- Rhymes: -ɒksi
[edit] Noun
moxie (uncountable)
- backbone, determination and fortitude
- initiative or skill
- "As a girl she had speed and a knock-kneed moxie at athletics, and might have done more with it if she hadn't harvested all the glory already." - from "Rabbit Redux" by John Updike