spry
(Inglese)
- Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.
- Vigorous; lively; cheerful.
Frequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/spɹaɪ/
Etimologia (Inglese)
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.
sprited
poignant
smoothtongued
light footed
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