gutsy, plucky
(adjective) marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; “you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do”; “the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement”-Judith Crist; “a gutsy red wine”
feisty, plucky, spunky
(adjective) showing courage; “the champion is faced with a feisty challenger”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
plucky (comparative pluckier, superlative pluckiest)
(informal) Having or showing pluck, courage or spirit in trying circumstances.
Synonyms: brave, spunky, feisty
Source: Wiktionary
Pluck"y, a. [Compar. Pluckier; superl. Pluckiest.]
Definition: Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race. If you're plucky, and not over subject to fright. Barham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
