sparkish

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adjective

Like a spark; airy; gay, lively.

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sparkful
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Meanings

adjectivesparkish (comparative more sparkish, superlative most sparkish)

comparative more sparkish · superlative most sparkish

  1. datedLike a spark; airy; gay, lively.

    1697, William Walsh, Preface to John Dryden's The Works of Virgil Is there any thing more parkih and better-humour'd than Venus her accosting her Son in the Dearts of Libya?

  2. datedshowy; well-dressed

    Birds that value themselves upon a Sparkish Outside

    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

Synonyms & antonyms

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sparkful

Origin

From spark + -ish.

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APA

sparkish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sparkish

MLA

“sparkish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sparkish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sparkish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sparkish.

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