sparry

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adjective

abundant in spar (the mineral)

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Meanings

adjectivesparry (comparative more sparry, superlative most sparry)

comparative more sparry · superlative most sparry

  1. abundant in spar (the mineral)
  2. resembling spar (the mineral)

    A thousand shapes they wore, those islet stones, […] Some rich with yellow lichen’s gold, Or ruddier tinged, or grey, or silver-white, Or sparkling sparry radiance to the sun.

    1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC

Origin

From spar + -y.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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