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Spitfire

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A quick-tempered or highly excitable person.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A person with a fiery temper, someone easily provoked to anger.

n. A spirited young woman.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A violent, irascible, or passionate person.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An irascible or passionate person; one whose temper is hot or fiery.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a highly emotional and quick-tempered person (especially a girl or woman)

Word Usage

"Through a review of Army reports and the memories of a fellow POW tracked down in New Jersey, The Associated Press was able to reconstruct the conditions under which the young man — called a "spitfire" and the "life of the party" — starved to death in a prisoner of war camp."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

emotional person

Cross Reference

spitfire jib

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