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Sparkle
Definitions
- 1 A little spark; a scintillation. countable, uncountable
"As sparckles from the Anduile vse to fly, / When heauie hammers on the wedge are swaid"
- 2 the quality of shining with a bright reflected light wordnet
- 3 Brilliance; luster. countable, uncountable
"the sparkle of a diamond"
- 4 merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance wordnet
- 5 Liveliness; vivacity. countable, uncountable
"the sparkle of his conversation over dinner"
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- 6 the occurrence of a small flash or spark wordnet
- 7 The quality of being sparkling or fizzy; effervescence. countable, uncountable
- 1 To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles intransitive
"The wood was sparkling in the bonfire."
- 2 be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity wordnet
- 3 To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle broadly
"The stars sparkle in the sky."
- 4 become bubbly or frothy or foaming wordnet
- 5 To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash. intransitive
"I see bright honour sparkle through your eyes."
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- 6 reflect brightly wordnet
- 7 To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce intransitive
"sparkling wine"
- 8 emit or produce sparks wordnet
- 9 To emit in the form or likeness of sparks. transitive
"That the bright glister of their beames cleare / Did sparckle forth great light, and glorious did appeare."
- 10 To disperse. obsolete, transitive
- 11 To scatter on or over. obsolete, transitive
Etymology
From Middle English sparkel, sparkle, sparcle, equivalent to spark + -le (diminutive suffix). In some modern uses deverbal from etymology 2 below.
From Middle English sparklen, sperclen, equivalent to spark + -le (frequentative verb). Cognate with West Frisian sparkelje (“to sparkle”), Dutch sparkelen (“to sparkle”).
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