sprauncyadj.
/ˈsprɔːn(t)si/ slang.
Smart or showy in appearance or sound of voice.
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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > smart
gallantc1420
galliard1513
fine1526
trickly1580
pink1598
genteel1601
sparkful1605
sparkish1657
jaunty1662
spankinga1666
shanty1685
trig1725
smartish1738
distinguished1748
nobby1788
dashing1801
vaudy1805
swell1810
distingué1813
dashy1822
nutty1823
chic1832
slicked1836
flash1838
rakish1840
spiffy1853
smart1860
sassy1861
classy1870
spiffing1872
toffish1873
tony1877
swish1879
hep1899
toffy1901
hip1904
toppy1905
in1906
floozy1911
swank1913
jazz1917
ritzy1919
smooth1920
snappy1925
snazzy1931
groovy1937
what ho1937
gussy1940
criss1954
high camp1954
sprauncy1957
James Bondish1966
James Bond1967
schmick1972
designer1978
atas1993
as fine as fivepence-
1957 L. P. Hartley Hireling xi. 90 She's bought new sprauncy clothes for the children.
1959 H. Hobson Mission House Murder viii. 57 That sprauncy Girton voice of hers.
1969 Guardian 4 Feb. 7/2 The ‘sprauntsy’ (showy) antique dealers.
1971 G. Ewart Gavin Ewart Show i. 21 Two sprauncy birds inhibit the parkway.
1976 ‘P. B. Yuill’ Hazell & Menacing Jester xiii. 142 They pay sixty grand to live in a sproncy little street like this.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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