sparkinessn.
rare.
1. Sparkling quality.
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sparkiness1641
sparkle1833
spritzig1949
pétillance1951
1641 J. Trapp Theologia Theol. iii. 50 As wine the oftner it is poured from vessell to vessell, the more it loseth of its spirits and sparkinesse.
2. The quality of being mottled or parti-coloured.
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variety1555
piedness1588
variegation1646
variegatedness1668
motleyness1819
chequering1847
mackereling1866
sparkiness1868
piebaldness1875
particolouring1880
piebaldism1881
piebalding1886
1868 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 4 ii. 284 Sparkiness is not liked, but still it does not constitute a valid objection.
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