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spriggy

[ sprig-ee ]

adjective

, sprig·gi·er, sprig·gi·est.
  1. possessing sprigs or small branches.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of spriggy1

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

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.

The spriggy bibbed dresses and quilted jackets in Laura Ashley florals worn by Laura Dern as Marmee would likely spark a millennial bidding war on eBay, where vintage Laura Ashley is a hot search term.

Current , gohenry and others such as Britain’s Nimbl and Osper , Australia’s Spriggy and Famzoo and Greenlight of the U.S. operate on similar principles.

Traditional maternity wear – smocks in spriggy florals, babyish sailor-suit trims – looked as if it had been made from offcuts left after the nursery had been decorated.

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."

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