sprote

See also: šprote

English

Etymology

Of German origin, meaning "to be fashionable"; made popular during the reign of King George III of England in the 1780s.

Adjective

sprote (comparative more sprote, superlative most sprote)

1. (Scotland, regional) Of dapper attire.

Usage notes

Restricted to the rural areas on the east coast of Scotland.

Anagrams

• eSport, opters, tropes, retops, Perots, Presto, repots, Petros, e-sport, respot, presto, esport, repost, poster, petros, Strope, stoper, topers, Portes, opster

Dutch

Verb

sprote

1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of spruiten

Anagrams

• poster, proest, sporte, sproet

Italian

Noun

sprote f

1. plural of sprota

Anagrams

• presto, prestò, sperto, sporte, spreto, spretò, sterpo, sterpò