From spark + -ish. <span class="searchmatch">sparkish</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">sparkish</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">sparkish</span>) (dated) Like a spark; airy; gay, lively. 1697, William Walsh, Preface...
From <span class="searchmatch">sparkish</span> + -ly. <span class="searchmatch">sparkishly</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">sparkishly</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">sparkishly</span>) In a <span class="searchmatch">sparkish</span> manner....
From <span class="searchmatch">sparkish</span> + -ness. <span class="searchmatch">sparkishness</span> (uncountable) The quality of being <span class="searchmatch">sparkish</span>....
Polite Conversation, dialogue 1 Lady Smart. What Religion is he of? Ld. <span class="searchmatch">Sparkiſh</span>. Why he is an Anythingarian. Lady Anſw. I believe, he has his Religion...
specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals), page 14: Sir, Maſter <span class="searchmatch">Sparkiſh</span> has often told me, that his Acquaintance were all Wits and Railleurs, and...
/pɪmp/ Rhymes: -ɪmp Origin unknown. Perhaps from French pimpant (“smart, <span class="searchmatch">sparkish</span>”) or German Pimpf (“boy, youth, young squirt”). The Old English near-synonym...
or beau. Synonyms: make love, romance, solicit; see also Thesaurus:woo <span class="searchmatch">sparkish</span> sparker “spark” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on...