7 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
adjective having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; - Frances G. Patton; - H.M.Reynolds
originFrom English dialectal kipper (“nimble; frisky”), of obscure origin. Perhaps akin to Old Norse kjapt (“briskly; impetuously”), kippa ("to snatch; pull; jerk" > Middle English kippen (“to seize”)), kipra (“to wrinkle; draw tightly”), Norwegian kjapp (“fast; brisk”), Dutch kippen (“to seize; catch; grip”). More at kip.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0