low-spirited

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

LOW-SPIR'ITED, adjective Not having animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not lively or sprightly. Losses of property often render men low-spirited Excessive severity breaks the mind, and renders the child or pupil low-spirited
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