jumpsome

Lone Sahib entered the room gingerly, and there, on the pillow of his bed, sprawled and whimpered a wee white kitten; not a jumpsome, frisky little beast, but a slug-like crawler with its eyes barely opened and its paws lacking strength or direction -- a kitten that ought to have been in a basket with its mamma.

Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900

Lone Sahib entered the room gingerly, and there, on the pillow of his bed, sprawled and whimpered a wee white kitten; not a jumpsome, frisky little beast, but a slug-like crawler with its eyes barely opened and its paws lacking strength or direction -- a kitten that ought to have been in a basket with its mamma.

Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900

Koodoo or the Bush-Buck or the Bonte-Buck came by he would surprise them out of their jumpsome lives.

Just So Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900

Lone Sahib entered the room gingerly, and there, on the pillow of his bed, sprawled and whimpered a wee white kitten, not a jumpsome, frisky little beast, but a sluglike crawler with its eyes barely opened and its paws lacking strength or direction -- a kitten that ought to have been in a basket with its mamma.

The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English Egerton Castle 1889