sparkish
adjEtymology From spark + -ish.
1
Dated Like a spark; airy; gay, lively.
- 1697, William Walsh, Preface to John Dryden's The Works of Virgil Is there any thing more parkih and better-humour'd than Venus her accosting her Son in the Dearts of Libya?
2
Dated showy; well-dressed
- Birds that value themselves upon a Sparkish Outside1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
- Synonyms
- sparkful
- Derived terms
- sparkishly, sparkishness