sparkle

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To shine with many small points of light; to twinkle.

   The stars sparkled in the night sky.

2. 2
   noun

   A bright, shining quality.

   The sparkle of the diamond caught everyone's eye.

3. 3
   noun

   Liveliness and energy.

   There was a sparkle in her conversation that kept us all listening.

From Middle English sparklen, sperclen, equivalent to spark + -le (frequentative verb). Cognate with West Frisian sparkelje (“to sparkle”), Dutch sparkelen (“to sparkle”).

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