sparkish
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Adjective edit
sparkish (comparative more sparkish, superlative most sparkish)
- (dated) Like a spark; airy; gay, lively.
- 1697, William Walsh, Preface to John Dryden's The Works of Virgil
- Is there any thing more ſparkiſh and better-humour'd than Venus her accosting her Son in the Deſarts of Libya?
- 1697, William Walsh, Preface to John Dryden's The Works of Virgil
- (dated) showy; well-dressed
- 1692, 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:
- Birds that value themselves upon a Sparkish Outside
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“sparkish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.