Coltish

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coltish \Colt"ish\, a.
     Like a colt; wanton; frisky.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           He was all coltish, full of ragery.      --Chaucer.
     -- {Colt"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Colt"ish*ness}, n.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  coltish
       adj : given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated
             their graduation with parties and practical jokes"
             [syn: {frolicsome}, {frolicky}, {rollicking}, {sportive}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "coltish":
     animated, antic, beardless, boyish, boylike, calflike, capersome,
     childish, childlike, elvish, exuberant, frisky, frolicsome,
     full of beans, gamesome, gay, girlish, girllike, hearty, impish,
     kiddish, kittenish, larkish, lively, maiden, maidenly, mischievous,
     playful, puckish, puerile, puplike, puppyish, puppylike,
     rollicking, rollicksome, rompish, skittish, spirited, sportive,
     sprightly, vital, vivacious, waggish, zestful, zippy