spiritedness

English

Etymology

spirited +‎ -ness

Noun

spiritedness (uncountable)

1. (sometimes in combination) The property of being spirited, of having spirit.

   At the end of a ride I appreciate this horse's stamina, but at the beginning of the ride I could do without his excessive spiritedness.

   I can't stand her mean-spiritedness. She won't even find time to visit her grandmother in hospital.

Related terms

• high-spiritedness
• low-spiritedness
• poor-spiritedness