English Explanatory Dictionary

sprack

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. lively, full of energy

Word forms

sprack more sprack most sprack sprag sprak

Etymology

From Middle English sprak, from Old Norse sparkr, sprekr (“lively”) and/or Old Norse sprækr (“lively”), from Proto-Germanic *sparkaz, *sprēkijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(a)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”). More at spark.

Derived words

sprackness
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