"sparkish" meaning in All languages combined

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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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sparkful

Download JSON data for sparkish meaning in All languages combined (1.5kB)

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