coltishness

== English == === Etymology === From coltish +‎ -ness. === Noun === coltishness (uncountable) The quality of resembling a colt, especially: The quality of being lively, playful and undisciplined. Synonyms: abandon, exuberance, friskiness, spirit, spiritedness The quality of being tall, thin and awkward (usually of a young person). Synonym: gangliness 1952, Agatha Christie (as Mary Westmacott), A Daughter’s a Daughter, New York: Dell, 1976, Book 2, Chapter 1, p. 111,[6] Laura Whitstable was struck by her beauty. The awkward touch of coltishness had gone, she was now a remarkably attractive young woman, with a quite unusual loveliness of face and form.