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单词 spruceness
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spruceness


spruce 1

S0675100 (spro͞os)n.1. a. Any of various coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Picea, having flattened or four-angled needlelike leaves, a conic shape, pendulous cones, and soft wood often used for paper pulp.b. Any of various similar or related trees.c. The wood of any of these trees.2. A grayish green to dark greenish black.
[Short for obsolete Spruce fir, Prussian fir, from Middle English Spruce, Prussia, alteration of Pruce from Anglo-Norman Pruz, from Medieval Latin Prussia.]

spruce 2

S0675100 (spro͞os)adj. spruc·er, spruc·est Neat, trim, and smart in appearance: "a good-looking man; spruce and dapper, and very tidy" (Anthony Trollope).v. spruced, spruc·ing, spruc·es v.tr. To make neat and trim: spruced up the chairs with new slipcovers.v.intr. To make oneself neat and smart in appearance: He was sprucing for the school dance.
[Perhaps from obsolete spruce leather, Prussian leather, from Middle English Spruce, Prussia; see spruce1.]
spruce′ly adv.spruce′ness n.
Thesaurus
Noun1.spruceness - the state of being neat and smart and trimneatnesstidiness - the habit of being tidytrim, trimness - a state of arrangement or appearance; "in good trim"
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spruceness


Related to spruceness: sprucer
  • noun

Synonyms for spruceness

noun the state of being neat and smart and trim

Synonyms

  • neatness

Related Words

  • tidiness
  • trim
  • trimness
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