Definizione monolingua

mettle

mettle (uncountable)

1. A quality of endurance and courage.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Life of Henry the Fifth, act iv, scene 8 (First Folio ed.)

     By this Day and this Light, the fellow has mettell enough in his belly.

   • 2001, Harry J. Alexandrowicz, Testing your Mettle: Tough Problems and Real-world Solutions for Middle and High School Teachers, page xiii

     Please read on and discover the issues in education that test the mettle of those who experience this world every day.

2. Good temperament and character.
   • 1868, Charles Dickens, Bleak House

     The arrival of this unexpected heir soon taking wind in the court, still makes good for the Sol, and keeps the court upon its mettle.

3. (obsolete) Metal; a metallic substance.
   • 1837, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, page 78

     They have neither gold nor silver of their own, wine nor oyl, or scarce any corn growing in those United Provinces, little or no wood, tin, lead, iron, silk, wooll, any stuff almost, or mettle; and yet Hungary, Transilvania, that brag of their mines, fertile England, cannot compare with them.

Definizione dizionario mettle

animo

ardore

carattere

coraggio

foga

temperamento

Altri significati:

Good temperament and character.

A quality of endurance and courage.

(obsolete) Metal; a metallic substance.

good temperament and character

a quality of endurance and courage