English Explanatory Dictionary

sprent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To leap; bound; move quickly; dart
adj
  1. Sprinkled.
name
  1. A locality in Central Coast Council, northern Tasmania, Australia.

Pronunciation

/spɹɛnt/

Word forms

sprent sprents sprenting sprented sprunt more sprent most sprent

Etymology

From Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- (“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta (“to startle”), Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”).

Related words

sprint

Derived words

besprent
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