perkiness

noun

perk·​i·​ness -kēnə̇s 

-kin-

plural -es

: the quality or state of being perky : jauntiness

kept his … perkiness of spirit

—Richard Church

his perkiness and his occasional irascibility have marked him out as an average man

—London Daily Mail

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