sparkel

Middle English

Alternative forms

sparcle, sparkle, sparkull, sparkyl, sparkyll, spercle, sperkel, sperkull, sperkyl, sperkyll

Etymology

From sparke +‎ -el (agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsparkəl/, /ˈspɛrkəl/

Noun

sparkel (plural sparkles)

spark (glowing particle)
(by extension) particle, mote
(figuratively) spark, germ

Related terms

sparklen

Descendants

English: sparkle

References

“sparkle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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