"sparkish" meaning in All languages combined

See sparkish on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more sparkish [comparative], most sparkish [superlative]
Etymology: From spark + -ish. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spark|ish}} spark + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} sparkish (comparative more sparkish, superlative most sparkish)
  1. (dated) Like a spark; airy; gay, lively. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-sparkish-en-adj-3NM3WMPM
  2. (dated) showy; well-dressed Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-sparkish-en-adj-IrwB73sx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sparkful
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "spark",
        "3": "ish"
      },
      "expansion": "spark + -ish",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From spark + -ish.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more sparkish",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most sparkish",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sparkish (comparative more sparkish, superlative most sparkish)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1697, William Walsh, Preface to John Dryden's The Works of Virgil\nIs there any thing more ſparkiſh and better-humour'd than Venus her accosting her Son in the Deſarts of Libya?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Like a spark; airy; gay, lively."
      ],
      "id": "en-sparkish-en-adj-3NM3WMPM",
      "links": [
        [
          "spark",
          "spark"
        ],
        [
          "airy",
          "airy"
        ],
        [
          "gay",
          "gay"
        ],
        [
          "lively",
          "lively"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) Like a spark; airy; gay, lively."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "Birds that value themselves upon a Sparkish Outside",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "showy; well-dressed"
      ],
      "id": "en-sparkish-en-adj-IrwB73sx",
      "links": [
        [
          "showy",
          "showy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) showy; well-dressed"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sparkful"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sparkish"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -ish",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "spark",
        "3": "ish"
      },
      "expansion": "spark + -ish",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From spark + -ish.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more sparkish",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most sparkish",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sparkish (comparative more sparkish, superlative most sparkish)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1697, William Walsh, Preface to John Dryden's The Works of Virgil\nIs there any thing more ſparkiſh and better-humour'd than Venus her accosting her Son in the Deſarts of Libya?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Like a spark; airy; gay, lively."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spark",
          "spark"
        ],
        [
          "airy",
          "airy"
        ],
        [
          "gay",
          "gay"
        ],
        [
          "lively",
          "lively"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) Like a spark; airy; gay, lively."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "Birds that value themselves upon a Sparkish Outside",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "showy; well-dressed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "showy",
          "showy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) showy; well-dressed"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sparkful"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sparkish"
}

Download raw JSONL data for sparkish meaning in All languages combined (1.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (db0bec0 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.