chipperness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

chipper +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

chipperness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being chipper; optimism.
    • 2007 March 25, Liesl Schillinger, “What I’d Be Without You”, in New York Times[1]:
      Anna awakens in a funk most days, and her mother’s chipperness only deepens it.