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sparkish, a.|ˈspɑːkɪʃ|
[f. spark n.2 + -ish.]
1. Of persons: Having the character, airs, or manners of a spark or gallant.
1641J. Johnson Acad. Love 89 If it were not for some of the old out-of-date grandames..the young sparkish girles would read in Shakespeere day and night. 1675Wycherley Country Wife iv. ii, I have been detained by a sparkish coxcomb, who pretended a visit to me. 1694R. L'Estrange Fables 32 A daw that had a mind to be sparkish tricked himself with all the gay feathers he could muster. a1718Penn Life in Wks. (1726) I. 159 A Rich, Young, Neat, Sparkish Husband. 1767S. Paterson Anoth. Trav. I. 55 Genteel! Ha! Sparkish! A good bit! Admirable. 1830Fraser's Mag. II. 458 The place of the sparkish Templar, the wit about town, was then in the pit of a theatre. a1857D. Jerrold J. Applejohn xviii, Several sparkish holyday makers broke through the press.
2. Of things: Characteristic of, or appropriate to, a spark; of a smart or elegant make.
1657May Life Satyr. Puppy 5 The Gentleman marking my sparkish behaviour..earnestly enquires after my name. 1667Wood Life (O.H.S.) II. 116 Mr. Aubrey was then in a sparkish garb. 1687Reflect. on Hind & Panther 17 And indeed he hath done it in the Sparkishest Poem that ever was seen. 1704Swift T. Tub ii, Observe how sparkish a peri⁓wig adorns the head of a beech. 1884J. Sharman Hist. Swearing 5 Some [pipes] were light and sparkish, others ponderous and clumsy.
Hence ˈsparkishness.
1687A. Behn Lucky Chance Prol., Who thinks good usage for the sex unfit, And slights ye, out of sparkishness and wit. 1727Bailey (vol. II), Sparkishness, Gaiety, Briskness, Spruceness, &c. |