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English
Etymology
Of German origin, meaning "to be fashionable"; made popular during the reign of King George III of England in the 1780s.
Adjective
sprote (comparative more sprote, superlative most sprote)
- (Scotland, regional) Of dapper attire.
Usage notes
Restricted to the rural areas on the east coast of Scotland.
Anagrams
- eSport, opters, tropes, retops, Perots, Presto, repots, Petros, e-sport, respot, presto, esport, repost, poster, petros, Strope, stoper, topers, Portes, opster
Dutch
Verb
sprote
- (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of spruiten
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Italian
Noun
sprote f
- plural of sprota
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