单词 | spriglet |
释义 | sprigletn. A little sprig (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun] > spray or sprig sprig1563 sprag1676 spriglet1825 spray1862 1825 T. Doubleday Babington iii. ii. 72 She is to go forthwith to her Lady Mother, as she calls her. Sweet young spriglet! 1862 D. Wingate Poems 177 Puir, sickly spriglet, pale and clear, This sunless cavern, dark and drear, Was never meant the life to cheer O' plants like thee. 1914 A. Castle & E. Castle Our Sentimental Garden xxiv. 175 Within a very few weeks saucy spriglets of brightest green Gorse will merrily make their appearance and claim the land again as their own! 1978 Change 10 58/1 A public school alum and spriglet of an aristocratic family. 2004 House & Garden (U.K. ed.) Mar. 149/2 Slice the pork and adjust the seasoning of the pan juices; serve with the olives, pan juices and a few spriglets of thyme. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1825 |
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