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sparkish

sparkish adjective: like a spark; airy; gay, lively.

Adjective

sparkish (comparative more sparkish, superlative most sparkish)

  1. (dated) Like a spark; airy; gay, lively.
    • Is there any thing more parkih and better-humour'd than Venus her accosting her Son in the Dearts of Libya?1697, William Walsh, Preface to John Dryden's The Works of Virgil
  2. (dated) showy; well-dressed
    • Birds that value themselves upon a Sparkish Outside1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC

Synonyms of sparkish

Forms of sparkish

comparativemore sparkish
superlativemost sparkish

Origin of sparkish

From spark + -ish.

Words formed from sparkish

Questions about sparkish

What does sparkish mean?
Sparkish means like a spark; airy; gay, lively.
What part of speech is sparkish?
Sparkish is an adjective.

Words near sparkish in the dictionary

  1. sparking plug
  2. sparking plugs
  3. sparking up
  4. sparkingly
  5. sparkings
  6. sparkish
  7. sparkishly
  8. sparkishness
  9. sparkle
  10. sparkle up
  11. sparkleberries

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