pluckiness

2 definitions found

pluckiness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pluckiness \Pluck"i*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being plucky.
     [1913 Webster]

pluckiness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pluckiness
      n 1: the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of
           possible loss or injury [syn: gutsiness, pluck,
           pluckiness] [ant: gutlessness]