spry
Betekenis (Engels)
- Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.
- Vigorous; lively; cheerful.
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Synoniemen
sprited
poignant
smoothtongued
light footed
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/spɹaɪ/
Etymologie (Engels)
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. From more general origins, it has come to be restricted in usage almost entirely to remark on one being more spry than expected, e.g. being spry for one’s age.
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