† sprusadon.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English spruse , spruce adj.², -ado suffix.

Etymology: < spruse, variant of spruce adj.² + -ado suffix.

Obsolete. rare.

A person who is smartly dressed.In later use only with reference or allusion to quot. 1665.In quot. 1908 the sense appears to be understood as ‘a smartly dressed Prussian’; cf. spruce adj.¹ and n.

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1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 19 They put me in mind of the pregnant and present Answer of that Sprusado to a Judge in this Kingdom,..seeing a neat Finical Divine come before him in a Cloak lined through with Plush.

1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. at Spruce A sprusado..became a term to denote one who payed great attention to dress.

1908 A. W. Ward in A. W. Ward et al. Cambr. Mod. Hist. V. xx. 632 The land of ‘Spruce’ [i.e. Prussia] was now something of a promised land, and the sprusado the militant darling of the age.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	sprusado
释义	† sprusadon. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English spruse , spruce adj.², -ado suffix. Etymology: < spruse, variant of spruce adj.² + -ado suffix. Obsolete. rare. A person who is smartly dressed.In later use only with reference or allusion to quot. 1665.In quot. 1908 the sense appears to be understood as ‘a smartly dressed Prussian’; cf. spruce adj.¹ and n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > one who is smartly or elegantly dressed quaintrellec1450 sprusado1665 1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 19 They put me in mind of the pregnant and present Answer of that Sprusado to a Judge in this Kingdom,..seeing a neat Finical Divine come before him in a Cloak lined through with Plush. 1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. at Spruce A sprusado..became a term to denote one who payed great attention to dress. 1908 A. W. Ward in A. W. Ward et al. Cambr. Mod. Hist. V. xx. 632 The land of ‘Spruce’ [i.e. Prussia] was now something of a promised land, and the sprusado the militant darling of the age. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1665
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