Dictionary - Definition of ANIMAL SPIRITS

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Definition: ANIMAL SPIRITS


Part of Speech	Definition
Expression	1. (a) (Physiol.) The fluid which at one time was supposed to circulate through the nerves and was regarded as the agent of sensation and motion; -- called also the nervous fluid , or nervous principle . (b) Physical health and energy; frolicsomeness; sportiveness.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Definition: ANIMAL SPIRITS


Part of Speech	Definition
Expression	1. (a) (Physiol.) The fluid which at one time was supposed to circulate through the nerves and was regarded as the agent of sensation and motion; -- called also the nervous fluid , or nervous principle . (b) Physical health and energy; frolicsomeness; sportiveness.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

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Common Expressions: ANIMAL SPIRITS

Expressions	Definition
Animal spirits	(a) (Physiol.) The fluid which at one time was supposed to circulate through the nerves and was regarded as the agent of sensation and motion; -- called also the nervous fluid , or nervous principle . (b) Physical health and energy; frolicsomeness; sportiveness. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
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Specialty Expressions: ANIMAL SPIRITS

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Animal Spirits	Literature	Liveliness and animation arising from physical vigour. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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