Meanings
comparative more sprack · superlative most sprack · alternative sprag · alternative sprak
- UKdialectallively, full of energy
"Yes, that I be, and I 'ave a little boy, he be a sprack little chap."
1916, J. H. Morgan, Leaves from a Field Note-Book1 more example
She was apprenticed as a 'pupil teacher,' at fourteen years of age, and deemed to have a more than ordinary chance of doing well and getting on, for she was clever, and what is called 'sprack' in the part of the country where she lived.
1864, Jean Ingelow, chapter 1, in Studies for Stories: Emily's Ambition
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sp(h)er(a)g-“to strew, sprinkle”
- Proto-Germanic*sparkaz
- Old Norsesprækr“lively”
- Old Norsesparkr
- Middle Englishsprak
- Englishsprack
From Middle English sprak, from Old Norse sparkr, sprekr (“lively”) and/or Old Norse sprækr (“lively”), from Proto-Germanic *sparkaz, *sprēkijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(a)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”). More at spark.
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Cite this entry
sprack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sprack
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