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winged
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English winged, wenged (“having wings”), past participle of wingen, from the noun winge, wenge.
Alternative forms
- wingèd (chiefly poetry)
Pronunciation
- enPR: w?ng(?)d
- IPA(key): /w??(?)d/
Adjective
winged (not comparable)
- Having wings.
- Flying or soaring as if on wings.
- Swift.
- (in combination) having wings of a specified kind
- weak-winged
- (in combination) having the specified number of wings
- The six-winged Seraphim are the angels closest to God.
Derived terms
- light-winged (adjective)
Translations
Etymology 2
See wing (verb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /w??d/
Verb
winged
- simple past tense and past participle of wing
Etymology 3
See winge (verb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /w?nd?d/
- Homophone: whinged
Verb
winged
- simple past tense and past participle of winge
References
Anagrams
- Dewing, Gwendi, dewing
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sprightly
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?sp?a?tli/
- Hyphenation: spright?ly
Etymology 1
From spright +? -ly (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘behaving like, having the nature of’). Spright is an obsolete variant of sprite (“a shade, spirit; elf, fairy, goblin; apparition, ghost”), from Middle English sprit (“principle of life; soul, especially at the point of death; immaterial being (angel, demon, apparition, ghost, etc.); divine inspiration; Holy Spirit; the mind, intellect, reason; mental faculties, senses; power of prophecy; character, disposition; courage, resolution; mood, state of mind; human will; breath; (alchemy) volatile substance”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman esprite, esprit and Middle French esprit, variants of Anglo-Norman, Middle French, Old French espirit, esperit (“spirit”), from Latin sp?ritus (“air; breath; breathing; ghost, spirit”), from sp?r? (“to breathe; to breathe out, exhale”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow; to breathe”)) + -tus (“suffix forming action nouns from verbs”).
Adjective
sprightly (comparative sprightlier, superlative sprightliest)
- Animated, gay, or vivacious; lively, spirited.
- Synonyms: energetic, high-spirited, (chiefly Australia, US) spright
- Antonym: melancholy
- Of a person: full of life and vigour, especially with a light and springy step.
- Synonyms: active, dynamic, mettlesome, vivacious
- Especially of an older person: energetic and in good health; spry.
- (obsolete, rare) Of or relating to a sprite; ghostly, spectral.
Alternative forms
- sprightlie (obsolete)
- spritely
Derived terms
- spright (adjective) (chiefly Australia, US)
- sprightle (English Midlands, Northern Ireland, rare)
- sprightlily
- sprightliness
Related terms
- sprightful
- sprightless (rare)
- sprightness (rare)
Translations
Etymology 2
From spright +? -ly (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives).; see further at etymology 1.
Adverb
sprightly (comparative sprightlier, superlative sprightliest)
- In a lively and vigorous way; sprightlily.
Derived terms
- sprightlily
Translations
References
Anagrams
- triglyphs
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