mettle
Meaning
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- A quality of courage and endurance.
- Good temperament and character.
- (obsolete) Obsolete spelling of metal (“metallic substance”).
Synonyms
spunk
tenaciousnes
water of life
goose grease
stick to it
spuff
melted butter
hot fish yoghurt
whore's milk
nut custard
Zinzanbrook
joombye
tatty water
French-fried ice-cream
tail-juice
Aphrodite's Evostick
population paste
father-stuff
Valentines Day porridge
pugwash
love butter
banana yoghurt
Cupid's toothpaste
liquid hairdressing
manfat
man cake batter
Gloy
man-fat
tadpole yoghurt
prick-juice
spunck
doll spit
love nectar
man oil
white blow
gonad glue
man mayonnaise
cock porridge
herbalz
baby juice
hocky
white wee-wee
jessom
spla water
manmuck
hot juice
gentleman's relish
hot milk
jizzle
little tadpoles
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmɛtəl/
Etymology
From figurative use of metal (since 16th century). The two spellings were originally interchangeable variants, but came to be distinguished by sense in the 18th century.
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