sparkel
Middle English
Alternative forms
- sparcle, sparkle, sparkull, sparkyl, sparkyll, spercle, sperkel, sperkull, sperkyl, sperkyll
Etymology
From sparke + -el.
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.