Sparkful

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Lively, vivacious; smart. uncommon

    "Hitherto will our sparkefull Youth laugh at their great grandfathers English, who had more care to do well, than to speake minion-like, and left more glory to vs by their exploiting of great actes, than we shall do by our sonnetting."

Example

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"Hitherto will our sparkefull Youth laugh at their great grandfathers English, who had more care to do well, than to speake minion-like, and left more glory to vs by their exploiting of great actes, than we shall do by our sonnetting."

Etymology

From spark + -ful.

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