spry

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

  1. Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.
  2. Vigorous; lively; cheerful.

Έννοιες

σβέλτος

δραστήριος

ευκίνητος

εύστροφος

Συχνότητα

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Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/spɹaɪ/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

From British dialectal sprey, from Old Norse sprækr (“nimble, lively”) from Proto-Germanic *sprēkiz (“lively”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)preg- (“to strew, jerk, sprinkle, scatter”). Cognate with Icelandic sprækur (“lively, spry”), Norwegian sprek (“lively, healthy”), dialectal Swedish sprygg (“brisk, very active, skittish”). More at spark. Related to sprack, sprig, sprug, freckle.

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