Etymology

sparse

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Today it means: Having widely spaced intervals. Full definition →

Latin sparsus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromsparsus
  2. Latin · borrowed fromsparsus
  3. English todaysparse

Borrowed from Latin sparsus.

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