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sprinklen.1 Origin: Of multiple origins. Apparently partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Apparently partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: strinkle n.; sprinkle v.2 Etymology: Apparently partly (i) (in sense 1) an alteration of strinkle n., perhaps after springel n. or sprinkle v.2 (although the latter is first attested slightly later), and partly (ii) (in later use) directly < sprinkle v.2In sense 2 perhaps influenced by Middle Dutch sprenkel, sprynckel small stain, freckle (Dutch †sprenkel ), apparently cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Low German sprinkel freckle (rare), German Sprenkel speckle, spot, freckle (15th cent., now rare). With this sense compare also quot. a1382 at sprinkled adj. 1a and the discussion at that entry. society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > aspergillum > [noun] the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of sprinkling > [noun] > sprinkler a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. xii. 22 Þe lytyll sprynkill [L. fasciculum] of ysope: wetiþ in blode. 1423 in A. H. Thomas (1943) IV. 165 (MED) [One] halywaterstope, [one] sprinkyll. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine f. xxxiv/1 Foure crosses..besprenct wyth tholy water styck or spryncle. 1519 W. Horman i. f. 16v Geue me holy water with the sprinkell. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda i. xvi. f. 42v These men..are Gentiles, which serue in Malabar in their Pagodes, who with a sprinkle tooke water out of a certaine fountaine & threw the same vpon the Captaine generall. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas (new ed.) ii. iv. 20 This blacke Sprinkle, tuft with Virgins tresse, Dipt, at your Altar, in my kinsmans blood. a1625 J. Fletcher (1639) v. ix. sig. M1 Give me my holly sprinckle... Give me my holy water pot. 1739 T. Arnold Spreng-Wedel, m. Sprengell, a Sprinkle. 1803 W. O. Pughe II Siobo, a sprinkle used in throwing holy water. 1852 (rev. ed.) ii. i. 18 The holy water-pot, with a sprinkle. the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [noun] > small spot or speckle 1481 W. Caxton tr. (1970) 77 The thirde colour was grene lyke glas, But ther were somme sprynklis [Du. dropel] therin lyke purpure. 1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes i. f. 18v The Blood stone is a kinde of Iasper of diuers coullours..full of sprincles, like to blood. 1632 H. Hawkins i. ix. 107 That which makes the Saphire more pleasing is, certaine litle marks or sprinckles of gold here and there, wherewith it shines. 1714 (Royal Soc.) 28 223 This is mostly composed of pale brassey micæ, with..near a quarter part of black sprinkles. 1855 A. W. Cole 233 Time had just pepper'd his head with some sprinkles. 1949 22 May A harlequin type [of Great Dane], white background and odd-shaped black spots, sprinkles..and dots and dashes all over. 3. the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of sprinkling > [noun] the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > scattering in small particles or sprinkling the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > scattering in small particles or sprinkling > that which is sprinkled 1575 G. Fenton f. 97v Jsaac..saw the sprinkles and markes of the bloud. 1641 J. Milton 45 Baptizing the Christian infant with a solemne sprinkle. 1665 J. Locke in H. R. F. Bourne (1876) I. iii. 114 I had a good sprinkle of holy water. 1776 S. J. Pratt IV. lxxxix. 190 A bottle of that Madeira, and a pot of that porter.—With..a sprinkle of the nutmeg in the latter. 1793 W. Roberts No. 65. 523 A greenish liquor, that turned the colour of every thing which it touched; and a small sprinkle on the surgeon's hand gave him all the appearance of being ill of the meazles. 1854 ‘G. Greenwood’ 122 Where,..for baptismal and holy waters, [were] the sprinkle and gush of their blood. 1862 T. Carlyle III. xiv. iv. 654 Is it in a sprinkle of disconnected fractions that you will wait Prince Karl? 1888 R. L. Stevenson iii. iv. 172 A thin sprinkle of snow and thin flakes of foam came flying. 1900 13 Dec. 441/1 It is quite desirable that these nest shelves be kept clean and sanded, or a sprinkle of sawdust used. 1942 38 Season them with salt, pepper, and a sprinkle of thyme. 2016 (Nexis) 10 Aug. (Food section) e4 The strainer makes for a really even sprinkle. the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun] > a small number of 1754 15–18 June Boats have taken this Morning a fine Sprinkle of Mackarel. 1769 Projects 109/1 We had but a small sprinkle of the common turnip cabbage among the whole. 1835 S. R. Maitland in Oct. 389 A thicker and more extensive sprinkle of better-instructed persons. 1890 2 Sept. 2/7 There has been a good sprinkle of the new growth on the market to-day. 1900 10 Feb. 103/2 A occasional sprinkle of goldfinches in the rustling thickets. 1955 ‘P. Wentworth’ (1997) x. 67 Merefields lay in the spring sunshine with a sprinkle of daffodils in its shrubberies. 2005 Feb. 67 A catchy blend of underground hip-hop,..a smithereen of reggae and a sprinkle of female British Asian attitude. the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [noun] > small spot or speckle > speckled marking or effect 1811 H. Parry 21 Another beautiful sprinkle may be done by giving, in addition to the dark sprinkle, a sprinkle of brown and vitriol water. 1835 ‘J. A. Arnett’ ii. 101 On the fancy colours and sprinkles it is usual to attach lettering pieces of morocco. 1885 W. J. E. Crane iii. 27 Bole Armenian, for making sprinkle for edges. 1933 W. Atkins V. i. iii. 59 Two or three colour sprinkles look very well. the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > light or fine rain 1829 15 Sept. 2/5 For nearly five weeks we have been without rain, and during the hottest month, including the dog days, we have scarcely had a sprinkle. 1842 in Cotton (India): Return Papers E. India Company (1847) ii. 172 in (H.C. 439) XLII. 1 I was overtaken by one of the severest dust storms I ever met; it lasted a great while, and was followed by a little sprinkle of rain; I am sorry to say it was only a sprinkle. 1877 W. W. Fowler viii. 188 While the supper is cooking the rain subsides to a sprinkle. 1933 26 June 14/5 For some reason we weren't in the path of the rain king Sunday, save for a bit of a sprinkle. 1973 June 154 The girls continued straight through to Buffalo State Park, arriving just as a light sprinkle began. 2012 11 Aug. 11/4 It was so dry back then, I never did see a single rain in years that was anything more than a sprinkle. 1921 June 63/2 Chocolate Sprinkles for Sundaes. A new product is being put on the market..in the form of ‘Chocolate Sprinkles’. They..are used to decorate chocolates..bon bons, cakes, pastry; also for sprinkling on chocolate sundaes at the fountain. 1978 29 Oct. 36/2 For dessert, a great cut of rum-drenched cake with red and green sprinkles on top. 1991 G. Damerow (1995) xxii. 233 Prefill cones with freshly frozen ice cream... Dip them, if desired, in sprinkles, miniature chocolate chips, or chopped nuts. 2016 (Nexis) 19 Aug. Dipped cookies, cheesecake bites and crispy treats hand-decorated with rainbow sprinkles are just a few of the other delectable birthday desserts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). sprinklen.2 Origin: Apparently an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Apparently imitative; probably with punning allusion to sprinkle n.1 3. Compare tinkle n. rare. the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [noun] > tinkle or ting 1843 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Jan. 62 At Sorrento you hear nothing but the light surges of the sea, and the sweet sprinkles of the guitar. 1988 B. Martin & J. Archambault 2 Listen to the rain, the whisper of the rain, the slow soft sprinkle, the drip-drop tinkle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † sprinklev.1Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: sprankle v. Etymology: Alteration of sprankle v., probably after sprinkle v.2 Compare sprinkling n.2 Obsolete. the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > crackle a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. cxlix. 811 In þe see of Scicilia is..a wondir maner salt, for it melteþ in fyre and sprenkeleþ in watir [L. in aquis..crepitantes]. the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (intransitive)] > sparkle or glitter the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle a1400 [implied in: (Pepys) (1976) 11 After þe Messe..forȝeteþ al þe werlde & beþ out of ȝoure seluen þere is sprinkelynge of loue.]. ?a1425 (Egerton) (1889) 139 His eghen er so fast stirrand and sprenkland as fyre. 1542 A. Borde x. sig. F.i Wyne..must spryncle in the cup whan it is drawne or put out of the pot. 1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil xii. 26 From his face with rage that boyles The sparkles sprinckling flie. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso xviii. xvi. 318 The heau'nly dew was on his garments spred,..And sprinkled so, that all that palenesse fled. 1614 D. Dyke xv. 189 The wine sprinkling and leaping in the glasse. the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (intransitive)] > wriggle a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1960) xi. xiv. l. 71 All thocht scho [sc. a serpent] wreill and sprynkill, bend or skyp, Evir the sarar this ern strenys hys gryp. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil (1960) xii. Prol. l. 56 The syluer scalyt fyschis on the greit Ourthwort cleir stremys sprynkland for the heyt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). sprinklev.2 Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Dutch. Etymons: Dutch -sprinkelen, -sprenkelen. Etymology: Apparently < Middle Dutch -sprinkelen, -sprenkelen (in besprinkelen, besprenkelen besprinkle v.; Dutch sprenkelen to scatter or disperse in small drops or particles, to splatter, splash), apparently < sprengen sprenge v. + -elen -le suffix 3 (with devoicing of the velar before l ); probably subsequently influenced by Middle Dutch, Dutch sprenkel speckle, spot (see sprinkle n.1). Compare besprinkle v. and earlier bespreng v. and strinkle v. Compare also spring v.1 4 and discussion at that entry, and also springle v.1With sense 2 compare German sprenkeln to cover with coloured or dirty spots (17th cent.; probably < Sprenkel speckle, spot: see sprinkle n.1). Compare also West Frisian sprinkelje , North Frisian sprēnkeli . Compare further sprinkled adj. and the Germanic forms cited at that entry. With sense 3 compare earlier sprenge v. 2b. 1. the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of sprinkling > sprinkle liquid or something with liquid [verb (transitive)] the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle α. ?a1425 (Egerton) (1889) 85 Þai..takes þaire blude and sprenklez it apon þaire mawmets. c1425 tr. J. Arderne (Sloane 6) (1910) 74 After þe fomentyng be sprenkled aboue puluis of bole, of sanguis draconis,..and sich like. (Harl. 221) 470 Sprenkelyn, or strenkelyn, aspergo, conspergo. 1508 J. Fisher sig. kk.iiijv He was made clene..with ysope dypped in the blode of certayne beestes and sprencled vpon hym. 1535 2 Moses ix. B Let Moses sprenkle it [sc. ashes] towarde heauen before Pharao. the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > scatter (a surface) with something the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > scatter here and there at intervals ?1518 A. Barclay sig. Cijv Now are they sprencled, and sparcled abrode Lyke wyse as shyppes, be docked in a rode. 1530 J. Palsgrave 730/1 He sprenkylleth his monay abrode as thoughe he cared nat for it. 1650 T. Fuller ii. ix. 187 Besides cities, many private dwellings were sprinkled on mount Ephraim. 1665 M. Nedham 52 When they [sc. Small Pox and Measels] are sporadical, here and there sprinkled up and down among the people. 1719 E. Young v. 57 Behold thy Troops are thin, Thy Men are rarely sprinkled o'er the Field. 1787 J. Adams lv. 381 A people living chiefly by agriculture, in small numbers, sprinkled over large tracts of land. 1827 J. Keble I. iii. 11 Sprinkled along the waste of years Full many a soft green isle appears. 1885 14 July 1/5 Mr. Burnand has sprinkled jokes and quaint allusions through his burlesque pretty liberally. 1909 L. M. Montgomery xix. 210 Anne's adventures and misadventures..did not all happen at once, but were sprinkled over the year. 1989 G. Vanderhaeghe v. 52 Yellow goat's beard, white yarrow, and cow parsnip were sprinkled everywhere. 2016 (Nexis) 15 Feb. Sprinkled throughout this history are little anecdotes. 2. transitive. Chiefly with with. a. the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle > sprinkle (a surface) with something ?a1425 (a1325) (Digby) (1887) l. 2761 (MED) Men schulde sprencle [c1325 Calig. þe worc mid is blode..Bi sprengde]. 1495 (de Worde) xvii. xcvii. sig. Rii/2 The threde is..wasshe and sprynclyd wyth water vntyll that it be whyte. a1500 (?c1414) 23 Sprenkle me, Lord! with watyr of terys. 1566 T. Heskyns iii. xvi. sig. Aaa viv Do not sprenkle the aultar of Idolls with the slaughter of brute beastes. 1602 (new ed.) iii. sig. H3 Duly twice a morning, Would I be sprinkling it with fountaine water. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil 139 She sprinkl'd thrice, with Wine, the Vestal Fire. View more context for this quotation 1709 J. Swift in R. Steele No. 9 The Slipshod 'Prentice from his Master's Dore, Had par'd the Street, and sprinkl'd round the Floor. 1774 O. Goldsmith VII. 311 Care should be used..to sprinkle them [sc. leeches] with salt if they continue to adhere. 1825 J. Neal I. x. 307 She had sprinkled the face of her baby all over with large tears. 1878 T. Hardy III. v. viii. 223 The floor was merely sprinkled with rain, and not saturated. 1928 F. S. Flint & D. F. Tait tr. R. Fülöp-Miller xii. 242 Iliodor..sprinkled the woman with holy water,..and said the prescribed prayers. 1989 Premier Issue 4/2 Dew sprinkles your shoes and fresh country air fills your nostrils. 2004 Nov. 22/4 Bialy—a round toasted bread generously sprinkled with onions and poppy seeds. the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (reflexive)] > sprinkle 1528 W. Tyndale f. cxiiiv No man by sprynkelinge himselfe with holy water..is moare mercyfull then before. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. cliij It is no newes to the Bishoppes..to sprincle, and defile them selues with innocent bloude. 1607 E. Topsell 185 For remedy, they wash their hands and sprinckle themselues..with that water. 1679 J. Goodman ii. i. 147 He put on Sackcloth, sprinkled himself with Ashes. 1732 A. Bower 3 No. 16. 393 Sprinkling themselves with lustrifical Water. 1837 Mar. 280 I observed but a few persons sprinkle themselves, and those who did so generally made an obeisance to the altar. 1869 Jan. 5 There is blood wherewith we may sprinkle ourselves. 1931 8 June 3/6 Old Christopher Columbus had a dimple in his chin and was fond of sprinkling himself with perfume. 1966 26 May 17/5 A lost city of El Dorado, so rich that the king sprinkled himself with gold dust. 2000 G. P. Hughes in J. Thomas 139 I emerged from the bath and sprinkled myself with lavender. 1558 T. Becon 250 This liuing death, & diyinge life, although it be sprinkled and mixte with these and other sorows and miseries, yet..how many men dooth it catche and entangle? 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo i. f. 23 I meant those, who though sprinckled with some imperfections, yet wrie rather to the good, then the euill. 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre i. iii. 4 in II Why? we were all a little stain'd last night, sprinckled with a cup or two. 1674 E. Elys tr. Boethius ii. 57 What bitterness is the sweetness of Humane Felicity sprinkled with! 1787 6 Oct. 175 Letters and essays, wise sayings and apothegms, sprinkled with your attic salt, are preserved in your miscellany for our winter evenings' amusement. 1833 H. Coleridge 17 He takes care to sprinkle his letters with loyalty. 1939 17 Jan. 16/3 It's flavored throughout with comedy for the rollicker..sprinkled with drops of drama for the emotional. 2015 23 Feb. 18/2 A sickly confection of culinary one-upmanship, oozing theatricality and lightly sprinkled with complacency. b. the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > spot [verb (transitive)] > speckle 1551 W. Turner sig. Ov Dragon hath..a streyght stalk, two cubites long of diuerse coloures sprinkled with diuerse purple spottes. 1614 T. S. sig. C Euery Goshawke, and euery Tercels brayles be sprinkled with blacke specks like armines. 1660 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. D. Sennert vii. x. 394 His Comb resembling a Crown was sprinkled partly with yellow, and partly with blue spots. 1704 Nat. Hist. iii, in L. Wafer (ed. 2) 204 A row of round Pea-like black spots sprinkled with blew specks. 1750 tr. C. Leonardus 94 Dionysia..has a brown or iron Colour, sprinkled over [L. aspersum] with snow Spots. 1827 J. F. Cooper I. ii. 39 His head was beginning to be sprinkled with gray. 1855 3 374 He may perhaps observe it sprinkled over with black spots. 1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems 264 The male is olive-green, the back chocolate, the body sprinkled with dark green spots. 1990 ‘B. Vine’ ix. 105 The cherry blossom sprinkled the woods with white like a thin fall of snow. 2016 (Nexis) 30 Aug. (Letters section) a7 They do not notice their hair is sprinkled with gray. 1811 H. Parry 21 Sprinkle it very fine and dark with the copperas. 1818 H. Parry 19 The edges may now be coloured, sprinkled, or marbled, to fancy. 1835 ‘J. A. Arnett’ 90 Sprinkle very finely with black and then with brown. 1885 C. G. W. Lock 4th Ser. 241/2 Books may be sprinkled so as to resemble a kind of marble by using 2 or 3 different colours. 1933 W. Atkins V. iii. 59 The books should be tied up in batches, and stood so that the edges to be sprinkled are uppermost. society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > imbue with vigour or force [verb (transitive)] > make more piquant or poignant 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas i. iv. 122 The Firmament..Spreads his blew curtaine,..Sprinckled with eyes, speckled with Tapers bright. 1745 ‘Verax’ 27 In no one Station are you allowed to take Post by yourselves, but are sprinkled with their Veterans to shew who are your Masters. 1793 R. Burns Sept. (1985) II. 245 I have sprinkled it with the Scotch dialect, but it may be easily turned into correct English. 1804 C. B. Brown tr. C. F. de Volney v. 332 An irregular savannah..sprinkled with a few trees. 1892 A. I. Ritchie iii. iv. 187 A road..ran across commons sprinkled with geese and with lively donkeys. 1939 13 Feb. 5/1 He had nice, healthy skin, sprinkled with a few freckles, and sparkling blue eyes. 1987 P. McCabe ii. 23 Sauter..sprinkled his conversation with quotations from literature. 2015 22 June 19/2 The bar is often sprinkled with self-conscious new settlers, but the congregation of fortysomething regulars remains the soul of the place. the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > clean [verb (transitive)] society > morality > virtue > purity > make pure [verb (transitive)] 1526 Heb. x. f. cccx Sprynckeled [Ger. besprenget, Gk. ῥεραντισμένοι] in oure hertes, from an evyll conscience. a1599 R. Rollock (1616) xii. 241 His soule and his conscience must bee sprinkled and purged from dead workes. a1622 N. Byfield (1623) 774 An euill Conscience will neuer bee gotten off, vnlesse our harts bee sprinkled, and washed from the filth and power of the sinnes, which did lie vpon the Conscience. 1716 J. Willison App. 419 We have oft..trampled on that Blood which must sprinkle us from Guilt. 1836 E. Bates iv. 63 Our consciences are sprinkled from doing sin, to serve the living God. 1863 2 Sept. I intend to go into this contest in the full assurance of faith, having my heart sprinkled from the new fangled democracy of Vallandigham. the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of sprinkling > sprinkle water or liquid [verb (intransitive)] 1594 T. Nashe sig. N4v Bloud spilt on the ground sprinkles vp to the firmament. 1626 F. Bacon §9 It will make the Water friske and sprinckle vp, in a fine Dew. society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > kinds of baptism > by sprinkling > perform baptism by sprinkling [verb (transitive)] 1642 E. Barber 20 God-fathers and God-mothers,..upon the profession of whose Faith..the Infant is sprinkled. 1654 R. F. 4 Christ never sprinkling any infant, nor the apostles never sprinkled any, for that is carnal, and they have no Scripture-rule for it. 1734 D. Rees 270 Whether the Paedobaptist-Ministers..dip their fingers in the Bason of Water, when they sprinkle a Child in Baptism. 1797 38 I refused to have my dear daughter Gulielma sprinkled, which brought great reproach upon me. 1855 T. Guthrie (1856) 247 With this sacred lavation the priest sprinkles the man. 1921 H. E. Dosker 111 The Anabaptists..knew nothing of that mode of baptism [sc. dipping] and always sprinkled or affused. 1993 W. Woodruff iii. 45 ‘Did you sprinkle him?’ she kept asking. ‘Are you sure? You know what happens to an unsprinkled soul, Will.’ 2012 J. Meredith & W. Doyle i. 10 I was first baptized in the Methodist church and they sprinkled me. the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > rain falls [verb (intransitive)] > fall in scattered drops 1779 W. Marshall 129 It began..to sprinkle. [Note] To sprinkle (or spit), to rain slow in largish drops. 1788 G. Washington 6 Oct. (1979) V. 402 About Noon it began to sprinkle rain. 1855 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 6 Oct. in (1997) I. iii. 388 It still sprinkled and misted as we went homeward. 1877 16 Nov. The rain which sprinkled at intervals yesterday continued during the night. 1935 27 Nov. The rain sprinkled a little in Guard but..every so often the sun would peep out of the clouds. 1964 M. Montgomery iii. 180 It is beginning to sprinkle rain. 2016 (Nexis) 31 May (Late ed.) a15 ‘It is sprinkling right now,’ he said around noon on Monday. 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