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sprankle

sprankle noun: a contrasting part that makes something more interesting and attractive. Also the pronunciation spelling of sprinkle.

Noun

sprankle (plural sprankles)

  1. (rare) A contrasting part that makes something more interesting and attractive.
    • ... saw The German Princess acted-by the woman herself ... the whole play ... is very simple, unless here and there a witty sprankle or two1664, Samuel Pepys, Diary, 15 April 1664, page 5.124
    • No. 3 is a group of drooping fuchslas, scarlet, pink and purple, with a sprankle of witch grass.1872, Daniel Sharp Ford, The Youth's Companion - Volume 45, page 355

Proper noun capitalized: Sprankle

Sprankle (plural Sprankles)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

sprankle is also the pronunciation spelling of sprinkle.

Forms of sprankle

Noun
pluralsprankles
Verb
third-person singular presentsprankles
present participlesprankling
past participlesprankled
pastsprankled
Proper noun
pluralSprankles

Questions about sprankle

What does sprankle mean?
Sprankle means a contrasting part that makes something more interesting and attractive.
What part of speech is sprankle?
Sprankle can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of sprankle?
The plural of sprankle is sprankles.

Words near sprankle in the dictionary

  1. sprangles
  2. sprangletop
  3. sprangletops
  4. sprangling
  5. Sprangs
  6. sprankle
  7. sprankled
  8. sprankles
  9. sprankling
  10. sprant
  11. sprat

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