canty

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

canty
    adj 1: lively and brisk

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Canty \Can"ty\, a.
   Cheerful; sprightly; lively; merry. "The canty dame."
   --Wordsworth [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
   [1913 Webster]

         Contented with little, and canty with mair. --Burns.
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