coltishness

n. coltish的变形

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The quality of resembling a colt, especially:

    The quality of being lively, playful and undisciplined.

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  2. 2.

    The quality of resembling a colt, especially:

    The quality of being tall, thin and awkward (usually of a young person).

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    1952, Agatha Christie (as Mary Westmacott), A Daughter’s a Daughter, New York: Dell, 1976, Book 2, Chapter 1, p. 111, Laura Whitstable was struck by her beauty. The awkward touch of coltishness had gone, she was now a remarkably attractive young woman, with a quite unusual loveliness of face and form.

词源

From coltish + -ness.

来源：wiktionary