By prancing over imaginary difficulties and shying at imaginary dangers he gives an impression of mettlesomeness which is foreign to his native disposition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Humanly Speaking] Reference

In the case of mettlesomeness which may be mistaken for appetite, of heat which may appear to be haste, no con - clusions may be drawn.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two Poems] Reference