sparklingn.¹

/ˈspɑːklɪŋ/

Etymology: < sparkle v.¹

a. The action of sending out sparks or sparkles, or of glittering with light; scintillation.

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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > spark or glittering light > sparkling or glittering

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glitterance1801

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sparkliness-

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 467/2 Spartlynge [Winch. Sparkelyng].

1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Scintillatio, a sparkelyng vp of fire.

?1614 W. Drummond Song: It Autumne was in Poems Her Eyes such Beames sent foorth, that but with Paine Here weaker Sights their sparckling could sustaine.

1667 Inform. Fire Lond. in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts VII. 619 He saw something..like wild-fire by the sparkling and spitting.

1701 G. Stanhope tr. St. Augustine Pious Breathings 225 Thou hast not..the sparkling of Precious Stones, nor the harmony of Musick.

1728 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. at Scintillation A sparkling as Fire.

1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 557 Stones thrown bounding into this furnace, produced flaming eruptions with sparkling.

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Apr. 4/1 A sparkling of gold, silver, or the dull lustre of a bronze.

b. figurative.

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1623 W. Drummond Cypresse Groue in Flowres of Sion 45 From the sparkling of GOD in the Soule, or from the God-like sparkles of the Soule.

c. attributive with relay (cf. sparking n.¹).

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c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 272 The sparkling relay of other makers compels them to use only a very moderate power.

2. With plural. An instance of this; a shower of sparks; a spark or fiery particle; a gleam, a sparkle. Also figurative.

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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > spark or glittering light > shower of

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [noun] > fire-spark

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a1529 J. Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe (?1545) sig. A.iii^v Phyllypes soule to kepe..from her fyry sparklynges For burnynge of his wynges.

1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos v. sig. O.ij They themselues beholding spie, The sparcklings rising broad.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 6 First on flint smiting soom sparcklinges sprinckled Achates.

1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie ii. vii. 104 Are there not some sparklings of this Truth, even amongst us in England?

1723 J. Clarke tr. Rohault's Syst. Nat. Philos. I. i. ii. 10 If any one looks full upon the Sun, and immediately goes into a dark Place, he will see the Sun there, and some Sparklings of it.

1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory iii. 88 You may..perceive by the Increase of the Sparklings of the Iron Bars,..how your Work goes on.

1776 Love Diary 22 Sept. in Mem. (1857) I. v. 198 I have had some sparklings of shame now and then.

1820 W. Wordsworth River Duddon Sonn. xxv The waters seem to waste Their vocal charm; their sparklings cease to please.

1848 A. H. Clough Bothie of Toper-na-Fuosich iii. 47 Here, the delight of the bather, you roll in beaded sparklings.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

sparklingadj.¹

/ˈspɑːklɪŋ/

Forms: Also Middle English sperclinde, Middle English–1500s sperkelynge; Middle English sprakelynge.

Etymology: < sparkle v.¹

a. That emits sparks or sparkles. Also figurative and in figurative context.

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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > glittering or sparkling

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] > sparking

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?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 29 Þer Insperclinde Luue bicluppeð ouwer Leof mon.

1493 Festivall (1515) 45 Tongues muste speke wordes of fyre that is sharpe and sperkelynge.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 230 Tho that haue even like ly of fyre brandynge and sprakelynge, bene angry and shameles.

1599 George a Greene sig. B2 Wherein two sapphires burne like sparkling fire.

1625 T. Jackson Treat. Originall of Vnbeliefe v. li. 455 The light of truth will suddainly burst out, as from a sparkling fire.

1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf iii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 67 A large sparkling fire of turf and bog-wood.

in extended use.1646 R. Crashaw Musicks Duell in Steps to Temple 105 In the close murmur of a sparkling noyse.

b. transferred. Of heat.

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c1700 W. Kennett MS Lansdowne 1033, f. 388 (Halliw.) A sparkling or welding heat, used to weld barrs or pieces of iron.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 11 The sparkling or welding heat is used, by which the metal is brought nearly to a state of fusion.

c. sparkling synchisis n. (see first quot. 1859).

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > specks or sparks before eye

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1859 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1239/1 Sparkling Synchysis,..term for a species of Synchysis, in which sparks are seen flashing before the eyes.

1898 Hutchinson's Arch. Surg. IX. 335 This attack had resulted in detachment of retina, sparkling synchisis, and loss of perception of light.

2. Of the eyes: flashing, bright, animated.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > by size, shape, etc.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adjective] > relating to facial expression > (having) specific facial expression

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old-fashioned1911

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a1500 [see sense 1a].

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Petiller A sparkling, or often-twinckling eye.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. i. 12 His sparkling Eyes, repleat with wrathfull fire.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 243 A great Vivacity and sparkling Sharpness in his Eyes.

1785 W. Cowper Task i. 405 A sparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front The vet'ran shows.

1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. xi. 298 A thin bronzed visage..and a pair of sparkling black eyes.

in combination.1801 C. Hood Remonstr., etc. 26 Sparkling~ey'd health, fair innocence, and peace.in extended use.1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iii. i. 145 With a sparkling briskness of glance.

a. Reflecting or emitting rays of light; flashing, glittering, brilliant, resplendent.

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the world > matter > light > reflection > [adjective]

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reverberant1733

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1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. viii. sig. G8^v His sparkling blade about his head he blest.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xxviii. sig. C2^v When sparkling stars twire not thou guil'st th'eauen.

1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 51 What the Diamond is amongst stones, the pretiousest, and the sparklingest, the most apt to scatter light.

1785 W. Cowper Task v. 112 The sparkling trees And shrubs of fairy land.

1812 J. Wilson Isle of Palms i. 3 While many a sparkling star..Far down within the watery sky reposes.

1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. xi. 232 A mixture of fat and a grey sparkling ore, having the appearance of mica.

b. Of water, the sea, etc.

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1783 Philos. Trans. 1782 (Royal Soc.) 72 430 The sparkling quality of the water did not cease entirely till the vegetable was quite deprived of its life.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. iv. 110 Sometimes a torrent poured its sparkling flood, high among the woods.

1825 W. Scott Talisman ii, in Tales Crusaders III. 25 They were now arrived at..the fountain which welled out..in sparkling profusion.

1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. xxxii. 309 Its glorious vineyards by that blue and sparkling sea.

figurative.1806 W. Wordsworth Complaint 10 That consecrated fount Of murmuring, sparkling, living love.

c. Of wines, etc.: (see sparkle v.¹ 4).

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > sparkling

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smiling1725

huffy1766

up1815

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 244 Drynke grene wyne, clere, sharpe, and sparklynge in tempure.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 24 Two Goblets will I crown with sparkling Wine.

1757 T. Gray Ode II ii. iii, in Odes 17 Fill high the sparkling bowl.

1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 162 Those to whom the sparkling champagne..was a novelty.

1833 C. Redding Hist. Mod. Wines v. 71 Champagne wines are divided into sparkling.., demi sparkling.., and still wines.

1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 606 The sparkling champagnes are made from both white and red grapes.

in extended use.1826 D. Booth Art of Brewing (ed. 2) 27 A pungent agreeable flavour, and a brilliant sparkling appearance.

d. Effervescent.

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the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective]

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1844 G. Bird Urinary Deposits (1857) 170 This mixture evolves enough carbonic acid to be ‘sparkling’, and is generally taken with readiness.

e. In certain bird names, as sparkling pheasant, sparkling-tail (see quots.).

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1861 J. Gould Monogr. Trochilidæ III. pl. 168 Tryphæna Duponti, Sparkling-tail. The tail is rendered remarkably sparkling by the decided contrasts of its colours.

1867 J. Gould Birds Asia VII. pl. 38 Phasianus Scintillans, Sparkling Pheasant.

4. Of talk, writing, etc.: characterized by brilliancy and liveliness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [adjective] > bright, sparkling

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scintillous1826

feather-heeled1840

pétillant1902

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > lively

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1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman ii. 36 It makes their Wit as sparkling as their Wine.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 47 His Person beautiful, and graceful..; his Wit pleasant, sparkling, and sublime.

1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion ii. 64 And he continued, when worse days were come, To deal about his sparkling eloquence.

1828 T. Carlyle Burns in Edinb. Rev. Dec. 285 A piece of sparkling rhetoric.

1856 N. Brit. Rev. 26 229 Another lively chronicle..; which sketches with..sparkling vivacity the virtues, the follies, and the shams of our own day.

1884 L. J. Jennings in Croker Papers I. Pref. p. iii Mr. Croker's own letters were written in a singularly light and sparkling vein.

in extended use.1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 268 The vigorous and sparkling touch adopted by Velasquez.1887 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 710/1 The modern characters..have finer strokes and serifs, and produce in the page a more regular and sparkling general effect.

5. Of persons: brilliant, animated, sprightly.

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively, vivacious, or animated

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bob1721

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the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adjective]

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a1704 T. Brown To Belinda v, in Wks. (1711) IV. 100 Tho' she's as sparkling, and as fine As Jests, and Gemms, and Paint can make her.

1746 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 269 The voice which so lately pronounced the sparkling pair husband and wife.

6. Of pleasure: characterized by a high degree of delight or enjoyment.

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the mind > emotion > pleasure > [adjective] > attributes of pleasure or enjoyment

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1789 R. Burns Let. 2 May (2001) I. 402 Never did..little Miss shew her applauded Sampler to [partial Maman].

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xlvii Privation one day, profusion the next, darkling dangers, and sparkling joys!

Derivatives

ˈsparklingness n. rare.

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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > spark or glittering light > sparkling or glittering

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sparkliness-

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [noun] > brilliancy of wit or language

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a1691 R. Boyle Ess. Intestine Motions in Wks. (1744) I. 286/2 I have..seemed to my self to observe a manifestly greater clearness and sparklingness at some times than at others.

a1697 J. Aubrey Brief Lives (1898) II. 245 He threw his reparties about the table with so much sparklingness [1813 sparkliness] and gentileness of witt.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	sparkling
释义	sparklingn.¹ /ˈspɑːklɪŋ/ Etymology: < sparkle v.¹ 1. a. The action of sending out sparks or sparkles, or of glittering with light; scintillation. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > spark or glittering light > sparkling or glittering glistening1398 sprankling1398 twinkling1398 sprinklinga1400 sparklingc1440 glisteringc1450 glister1535 glittering1567 spangling1576 scintillation1585 sparkle1589 glitter1602 sparking1611 coruscancy1630 emication1646 eruscationa1652 sparklingnessa1691 glitterance1801 glisten1840 spangle1853 sparkliness- c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 467/2 Spartlynge [Winch. Sparkelyng]. 1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Scintillatio, a sparkelyng vp of fire. ?1614 W. Drummond Song: It Autumne was in Poems Her Eyes such Beames sent foorth, that but with Paine Here weaker Sights their sparckling could sustaine. 1667 Inform. Fire Lond. in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts VII. 619 He saw something..like wild-fire by the sparkling and spitting. 1701 G. Stanhope tr. St. Augustine Pious Breathings 225 Thou hast not..the sparkling of Precious Stones, nor the harmony of Musick. 1728 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. at Scintillation A sparkling as Fire. 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 557 Stones thrown bounding into this furnace, produced flaming eruptions with sparkling. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Apr. 4/1 A sparkling of gold, silver, or the dull lustre of a bronze. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1623 W. Drummond Cypresse Groue in Flowres of Sion 45 From the sparkling of GOD in the Soule, or from the God-like sparkles of the Soule. c. attributive with relay (cf. sparking n.¹). ΚΠ c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 272 The sparkling relay of other makers compels them to use only a very moderate power. 2. With plural. An instance of this; a shower of sparks; a spark or fiery particle; a gleam, a sparkle. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > spark or glittering light > shower of sparklinga1529 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [noun] > fire-spark sparkc725 iselc1000 speldc1050 firebrandc1275 sprankc1300 sparklec1330 funka1393 sparklinga1529 fanglea1657 flanker1840 a1529 J. Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe (?1545) sig. A.iii^v Phyllypes soule to kepe..from her fyry sparklynges For burnynge of his wynges. 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos v. sig. O.ij They themselues beholding spie, The sparcklings rising broad. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 6 First on flint smiting soom sparcklinges sprinckled Achates. 1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie ii. vii. 104 Are there not some sparklings of this Truth, even amongst us in England? 1723 J. Clarke tr. Rohault's Syst. Nat. Philos. I. i. ii. 10 If any one looks full upon the Sun, and immediately goes into a dark Place, he will see the Sun there, and some Sparklings of it. 1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory iii. 88 You may..perceive by the Increase of the Sparklings of the Iron Bars,..how your Work goes on. 1776 Love Diary 22 Sept. in Mem. (1857) I. v. 198 I have had some sparklings of shame now and then. 1820 W. Wordsworth River Duddon Sonn. xxv The waters seem to waste Their vocal charm; their sparklings cease to please. 1848 A. H. Clough Bothie of Toper-na-Fuosich iii. 47 Here, the delight of the bather, you roll in beaded sparklings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2019). sparklingn.² Etymology: < sparkle v.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsparkling. Obsolete or dialect. 1. The action of dispersing or scattering. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > driving away > driving away in all directions sparpling1434 dispersionc1450 skailing?c1450 sparklingc1460 disparplinga1513 dissipation1545 dispersing1604 segregationa1616 scatteration1776 disjectiona1806 dispersal1821 scatteraway1851 spreadeagling1869 c1460 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) 426 Sparkelyng,..discipacio. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 273/2 Sparclyng abrode, dispertion. a1625 J. Fletcher Bonduca iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hhhh^v/2 March close, and sudden like a tempest: all executions done without sparkling of the Body. 2. technical. (See quot. 1787 and cf. sparkle v.² 4b.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > [noun] > roofing > thatching > processes involved in yelming1581 sparkling1787 broach-splitting1899 1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 388 Sparkling, claying between the spars to cover the thatch of cottages. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2020). sparklingadj.¹ /ˈspɑːklɪŋ/ Forms: Also Middle English sperclinde, Middle English–1500s sperkelynge; Middle English sprakelynge. Etymology: < sparkle v.¹ 1. a. That emits sparks or sparkles. Also figurative and in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > glittering or sparkling sparkling?c1225 glising1340 glimmeringa1375 glistening1388 glistering1398 glitteringa1400 coruscantc1485 twinkling1508 flankering1577 fire-darting1594 glitterous1596 scintillant1611 winkinga1616 micant1657 scintillating1664 spangling1665 besparklinga1674 skinkling1790 spunky1791 micacious1797 glistery1806 spark-like1814 spangly1818 emicatious1819 sparky1827 aglitter1828 ablaze1851 aglist1858 scintillescent1860 aglisten1867 glittery1880 twinkly1884 sparkly1922 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] > sparking sparkling?c1225 sparkinga1300 sputteringa1657 flaky1776 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 29 Þer Insperclinde Luue bicluppeð ouwer Leof mon. 1493 Festivall (1515) 45 Tongues muste speke wordes of fyre that is sharpe and sperkelynge. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 230 Tho that haue even like ly of fyre brandynge and sprakelynge, bene angry and shameles. 1599 George a Greene sig. B2 Wherein two sapphires burne like sparkling fire. 1625 T. Jackson Treat. Originall of Vnbeliefe v. li. 455 The light of truth will suddainly burst out, as from a sparkling fire. 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf iii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 67 A large sparkling fire of turf and bog-wood. in extended use.1646 R. Crashaw Musicks Duell in Steps to Temple 105 In the close murmur of a sparkling noyse. b. transferred. Of heat. ΚΠ c1700 W. Kennett MS Lansdowne 1033, f. 388 (Halliw.) A sparkling or welding heat, used to weld barrs or pieces of iron. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 11 The sparkling or welding heat is used, by which the metal is brought nearly to a state of fusion. c. sparkling synchisis n. (see first quot. 1859). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > specks or sparks before eye stars1598 synchysis1684 muscae volitantes1715 spot1785 phosphene1852 muscae1856 sparkling synchisis1859 spark1899 floater1902 1859 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1239/1 Sparkling Synchysis,..term for a species of Synchysis, in which sparks are seen flashing before the eyes. 1898 Hutchinson's Arch. Surg. IX. 335 This attack had resulted in detachment of retina, sparkling synchisis, and loss of perception of light. 2. Of the eyes: flashing, bright, animated. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > by size, shape, etc. steepc1000 standing1340 glazenc1380 glassy1412 ungladlyc1450 sparklinga1500 goggle1540 pinking1566 whally1590 vailed1591 unweeping1598 dejected1600 unwet1601 glossed1602 haggard1605 saucer-like1612 saucer1618 glaring1622 uncast1629 startling1648 poppinga1696 upraised1707 glancy1733 glazed1735 almond1786 open-eyed1799 bald1807 glazing1808 lustreless1810 unfathomable1817 vague1820 soulless1824 beady1826 socketless1833 fishy1836 glazy1838 popped1849 agoggled1860 uprolled1864 unfaceted1893 shoe-button1895 poppy1899 googly1901 slitty1908 bead-berry1923 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adjective] > relating to facial expression > (having) specific facial expression cheeredc1225 fieryc1390 hanging-dog1667 hang-dog1677 rock-faced1741 anxious-looking1809 sparkling1837 quizzical1859 poutful1886 old-fashioned1911 rock-like1948 a1500 [see sense 1a]. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Petiller A sparkling, or often-twinckling eye. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. i. 12 His sparkling Eyes, repleat with wrathfull fire. View more context for this quotation 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 243 A great Vivacity and sparkling Sharpness in his Eyes. 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 405 A sparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front The vet'ran shows. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. xi. 298 A thin bronzed visage..and a pair of sparkling black eyes. in combination.1801 C. Hood Remonstr., etc. 26 Sparkling~ey'd health, fair innocence, and peace.in extended use.1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iii. i. 145 With a sparkling briskness of glance. 3. a. Reflecting or emitting rays of light; flashing, glittering, brilliant, resplendent. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > reflection > [adjective] faw?a1400 relusantc1400 relucentc1487 splendent1578 sparkling1590 reflecting1591 speculable1592 reflectent1644 reflective1658 reflexious1659 reflexivea1660 specular1661 reflectant1669 reverberant1733 catoptrica1774 reverberatory1790 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. viii. sig. G8^v His sparkling blade about his head he blest. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xxviii. sig. C2^v When sparkling stars twire not thou guil'st th'eauen. 1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 51 What the Diamond is amongst stones, the pretiousest, and the sparklingest, the most apt to scatter light. 1785 W. Cowper Task v. 112 The sparkling trees And shrubs of fairy land. 1812 J. Wilson Isle of Palms i. 3 While many a sparkling star..Far down within the watery sky reposes. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. xi. 232 A mixture of fat and a grey sparkling ore, having the appearance of mica. b. Of water, the sea, etc. ΚΠ 1783 Philos. Trans. 1782 (Royal Soc.) 72 430 The sparkling quality of the water did not cease entirely till the vegetable was quite deprived of its life. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. iv. 110 Sometimes a torrent poured its sparkling flood, high among the woods. 1825 W. Scott Talisman ii, in Tales Crusaders III. 25 They were now arrived at..the fountain which welled out..in sparkling profusion. 1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. xxxii. 309 Its glorious vineyards by that blue and sparkling sea. figurative.1806 W. Wordsworth Complaint 10 That consecrated fount Of murmuring, sparkling, living love. c. Of wines, etc.: (see sparkle v.¹ 4). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > sparkling sparklinga1500 lively1615 quick1620 smirking1648 nitty1654 smiling1725 huffy1766 up1815 a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 244 Drynke grene wyne, clere, sharpe, and sparklynge in tempure. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 24 Two Goblets will I crown with sparkling Wine. 1757 T. Gray Ode II ii. iii, in Odes 17 Fill high the sparkling bowl. 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 162 Those to whom the sparkling champagne..was a novelty. 1833 C. Redding Hist. Mod. Wines v. 71 Champagne wines are divided into sparkling.., demi sparkling.., and still wines. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 606 The sparkling champagnes are made from both white and red grapes. in extended use.1826 D. Booth Art of Brewing (ed. 2) 27 A pungent agreeable flavour, and a brilliant sparkling appearance. d. Effervescent. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective] effervescing1793 sparkling1844 effervescent1874 poppish1881 1844 G. Bird Urinary Deposits (1857) 170 This mixture evolves enough carbonic acid to be ‘sparkling’, and is generally taken with readiness. e. In certain bird names, as sparkling pheasant, sparkling-tail (see quots.). ΚΠ 1861 J. Gould Monogr. Trochilidæ III. pl. 168 Tryphæna Duponti, Sparkling-tail. The tail is rendered remarkably sparkling by the decided contrasts of its colours. 1867 J. Gould Birds Asia VII. pl. 38 Phasianus Scintillans, Sparkling Pheasant. 4. Of talk, writing, etc.: characterized by brilliancy and liveliness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [adjective] > bright, sparkling bright1619 sparkling1701 scintillating1793 scintillous1826 feather-heeled1840 pétillant1902 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > lively quick?c1225 lively1525 spirited1670 living1699 sparkling1701 tittuping1772 vivacious1788 dashing1796 1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman ii. 36 It makes their Wit as sparkling as their Wine. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 47 His Person beautiful, and graceful..; his Wit pleasant, sparkling, and sublime. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion ii. 64 And he continued, when worse days were come, To deal about his sparkling eloquence. View more context for this quotation 1828 T. Carlyle Burns in Edinb. Rev. Dec. 285 A piece of sparkling rhetoric. 1856 N. Brit. Rev. 26 229 Another lively chronicle..; which sketches with..sparkling vivacity the virtues, the follies, and the shams of our own day. 1884 L. J. Jennings in Croker Papers I. Pref. p. iii Mr. Croker's own letters were written in a singularly light and sparkling vein. in extended use.1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 268 The vigorous and sparkling touch adopted by Velasquez.1887 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 710/1 The modern characters..have finer strokes and serifs, and produce in the page a more regular and sparkling general effect. 5. Of persons: brilliant, animated, sprightly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively, vivacious, or animated jollyc1325 lightsomea1382 kedgec1440 fledge?1461 crank1499 frisky?a1500 sprightya1522 frisk1528 sprightful1550 quick-spirited1552 cranking1567 lively1567 quick-sprighted1579 aleger1590 bright-eyed1590 firking1594 sprightly1594 spirituous1601 great-stomached1607 spirity1615 spiritous1628 lifesomec1635 vivacious1645 rattlingc1650 quick-set1653 airy1654 animated1660 sparklinga1704 bob1721 vivace1721 animate1801 high-lifed1859 sassy1859 chippy1865 sparky1883 high-keyed1893 high life1903 peppy1914 pepful1915 jazzy1917 upbeat1947 zappy1969 sparkly1979 the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adjective] jollyc1325 kedgec1440 fledge?1461 frisky?a1500 sprightya1522 frisk1528 sprightful1550 quick-spirited1552 lively1567 quick-sprighted1579 alive-like1582 aleger1590 firking1594 sprightly1594 sportive1595 mettled1599 alives-like1601 spirited1601 spirituous1601 mettle1606 great-stomached1607 free-spirited1613 spirity1615 spiritous1628 vivacious1645 rattlingc1650 sportful1650 airy1654 animated1660 racy1671 mettlesome1673 sparklinga1704 raffing?1719 bob1721 vivace1721 alive1748 lifey1793 spunky1831 gilpie1835 bubbling1860 chippy1865 bubblesome1879 colourful1882 sparky1883 bubbly1912 jazzy1917 spritzy1973 sparkly1979 kicking1983 a1704 T. Brown To Belinda v, in Wks. (1711) IV. 100 Tho' she's as sparkling, and as fine As Jests, and Gemms, and Paint can make her. 1746 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 269 The voice which so lately pronounced the sparkling pair husband and wife. 6. Of pleasure: characterized by a high degree of delight or enjoyment. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > [adjective] > attributes of pleasure or enjoyment daintiful1393 racy1690 sparkling1789 unstaled1882 1789 R. Burns Let. 2 May (2001) I. 402 Never did..little Miss shew her applauded Sampler to [partial Maman]. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xlvii Privation one day, profusion the next, darkling dangers, and sparkling joys! Derivatives ˈsparklingness n. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > spark or glittering light > sparkling or glittering glistening1398 sprankling1398 twinkling1398 sprinklinga1400 sparklingc1440 glisteringc1450 glister1535 glittering1567 spangling1576 scintillation1585 sparkle1589 glitter1602 sparking1611 coruscancy1630 emication1646 eruscationa1652 sparklingnessa1691 glitterance1801 glisten1840 spangle1853 sparkliness- the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [noun] > brilliancy of wit or language sparkle1611 brillant1676 sparklingnessa1691 brilliant1691 a1691 R. Boyle Ess. Intestine Motions in Wks. (1744) I. 286/2 I have..seemed to my self to observe a manifestly greater clearness and sparklingness at some times than at others. a1697 J. Aubrey Brief Lives (1898) II. 245 He threw his reparties about the table with so much sparklingness [1813 sparkliness] and gentileness of witt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021). † sparklingadj.² Forms: In Middle English sperkelande. Etymology: < sparkle v.² Obsolete. rare. Dispersing, scattering. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [adjective] > going away in all directions sparkling1532 diffugient1861 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxvii ^v Wottest thou not wel..that euery shepeherde ought by reson to seke his sperkelande shepe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.¹c1440n.²c1460adj.¹?c1225adj.²1532
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