Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - sparkle
Sparkle
sparkle
v. & n. --v.intr. 1 a emit or seem to emit sparks; glitter; glisten (her eyes sparkled). b be witty; scintillate (sparkling repartee). 2 (of wine etc.) effervesce (cf. STILL(1) adj. 4). --n. a gleam, spark. Derivatives sparkly adj. Etymology: ME f. SPARK(1) + -LE(4) SPARKLER n. 1 a person or thing that sparkles. 2 a hand-held sparkling firework. 3 colloq. a diamond or other gem.
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I. verb (~d; sparkling) Etymology: Middle English, frequentative of sparken to spark Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. to throw out sparks, to give off or reflect bright moving points of light, to perform brilliantly, effervesce , to become lively or animated , transitive verb to cause to glitter or shine, see: flash sparkly adjective II. noun Etymology: Middle English, diminutive of sparke Date: 14th century a little spark ; scintillation, the quality of sparkling, 3. animation, liveliness, the quality or state of being effervescent ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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