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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Spruceness (0.00798 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Spruceness.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: spruceness
spruceness
n : the state of being neat and smart and trim [syn:
neatness]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Spruceness
Spruce
\Spruce\ (spr[udd]s), a. [Compar.
Sprucer
(spr[udd]"s[~e]r); superl.
Sprucest (spr[udd]"s[e^]st).]
[Perhaps fr. spruce a sort of leather from Prussia, which was
an article of finery. See
Spruce, n.]
1. Neat, without elegance or dignity; smart; trim; --
formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now
chiefly applied to persons.
“Neat and spruce array.”
--Remedy of Love.
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2. Sprightly; dashing. [Obs.]
“Now, my spruce companions.”
--Shak.
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He is so spruce that he can never be genteel.
--Tatler.
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Syn: Finical; neat; trim. See
Finical.
[1913 Webster] --
Spruce"ly, adv. --
Spruce"ness, n.
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