sparkish

English

Etymology

spark +‎ -ish

Adjective

sparkish (comparative more sparkish, superlative most sparkish)

  1. Like a spark; airy; gay.
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  2. showy; well-dressed
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Last modified on 12 December 2012, at 02:49