mettled
mettled adjective: having mettle; pithy, spirited.
Adjective
mettled (comparative more mettled, superlative most mettled)
- Having mettle; pithy, spirited
- The mettled ſteeds, when from their noſtrils flows / The ſcorching fire, that in their entrails glows.a. 1720 (date written), Joseph Addison, The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume I, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC, page 154
- She looked, and saw one of the most graceful cavaliers that ever reined in a mettled horse.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 123
Forms of mettled
| comparative | more mettled |
|---|---|
| superlative | most mettled |
Origin of mettled
From mettle + -ed.
Questions about mettled
- What does mettled mean?
- Mettled means having mettle; pithy, spirited.
- What part of speech is mettled?
- Mettled is an adjective.
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