Moxie (noun) (informal)
mok-see
Courageous spirit and determination.
An Americanism first recorded in 1925–30; after Moxie, a trademark (name of a soft drink)
Example sentences
“It’s going to take someone with a bit of moxie to turn around the current political trajectory.”
Tennessee library director, Luanne James, has been fired from her role after she refused to re-shelve children’s books, with LGBTQ+ themes and characters, in the adult’s section. She said that…
