spriggy

American

[sprig-ee] / ˈsprɪg i /

adjective

spriggier, spriggiest

possessing sprigs or small branches.

Etymology

Origin of spriggy

First recorded in 1590–1600; sprig + -y ¹

Example Sentences

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This time it concerns the funkiest Triple Crown season yet hatched and whether a potential Triple Crown winner ought to get listed forever with the spriggy little dot.

From Washington Post • Jun. 19, 2020

Page 243, line 23.–Of the "wild Germander," old Thomas Johnson says in his Historie of Plants, 1633, "The floures be of a gallant blew colour, standing orderlie on the tops of the tender, spriggy spraies."

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography by Jean Paul

This camel-thorn is a light, spriggy shrub, so that the size of their burthens is large in proportion to its weight.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Stevens, Thomas

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