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spangle
English
Etymology
From Middle English spangel (“a small piece of ornamental metal; a small ornament”); equivalent to spang +? -le.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spæ?.??l/
- Rhymes: -æ???l
Noun
spangle (plural spangles)
- A small piece of sparkling metallic material sewn on to a garment as decoration; a sequin.
- Any small sparkling object.
- 1645, Edmund Waller, “Of and to the Queene”, lines 35--38:
- Thus, in a starry night, fond children cry
For the rich spangles that adorn the sky,
Which, though they shine for ever fixed there,
With light and influence relieve us here.
- Thus, in a starry night, fond children cry
- 1645, Edmund Waller, “Of and to the Queene”, lines 35--38:
- The butterfly, Papilio demoleus, family Papilionidae, of Asia.
- (obsolete, slang) Money. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations
Verb
spangle (third-person singular simple present spangles, present participle spangling, simple past and past participle spangled)
- (intransitive) To sparkle, flash or coruscate.
- (transitive) To fix spangles to; bespangle; to adorn with stars
Derived terms
- bespangle
- spangled
- unspangled
Further reading
- spangle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Pangles, Spangel, legspan
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spangly
English
Alternative forms
- spangley
Etymology
From spangle +? -y
Adjective
spangly (comparative spanglier, superlative spangliest)
- Decorated with spangles; sparkly.
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