Sparkless vs Sparklest - What's the difference?
sparkless | sparklest |
without a spark
* {{quote-book, year=1891, author=Shelley, title=Adonais, chapter=, edition=
, passage=From the contagion of the world's slow stain 5 He is secure; and now can never mourn A heart grown cold, a head grown grey in vain-- Nor, when the spirit's self has ceased to burn, With sparkless ashes load an unlamented urn. 41. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1939, author=Arthur Quiller-Couch, title=On The Art of Reading, chapter=, edition=
, passage=But when we come to a fine thing in our own language--to a stanza from Shelley's "Adonais" for instance: He has outsoared the shadow of our night; Envy and calumny and hate and pain, And that unrest which men miscall delight, Can touch him not and torture not again; From the contagion of the world's slow stain He is secure, and now can never mourn A heart grown cold, a head grown gray in vain; Nor, when the spirit's self has ceased to burn, With sparkless ashes load an unlamented urn. what can you do with that ? }}
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 28, author=Scott Sturgis, title=A Mechanic’s Laptop Makes Manuals All but Obsolete, work=New York Times
, passage=The worn-out brushes in a dead starter or a short circuit in a sparkless ignition distributor would eventually be revealed to a mechanic who carefully dug through the clues. }}
lacking in creativity or energy
* {{quote-news, year=1996, date=January 26, author=Neil Tesser, title=Motion Poets, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=Live, though, this youthful Minnesota-based band performed a somewhat sparkless set that seemed to bury the conceptual strengths, the stark voicings, and the crisp rhythms that on the album helped shape the arrangements and link the horns. }}
* {{quote-news, year=2004, date=July 23, author=Lawrence Bommer, title=Much Ado About Nothing, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=It's a small triumph that LiveWire's sparkless production manages to preserve the plot. }}
(archaic) (sparkle)
A little spark; a scintillation.
* Spenser
* Prescott
Brilliance; luster.
To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle.
* A mantelet upon his shoulder hanging Bretful of rubies red, as fire sparkling . — Chaucer.
* , chapter=5
, title= To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
* Milton
To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine.
To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
* Did sparkle forth great light. — Spenser
(obsolete) To disperse.
* The Landgrave hath sparkled his army without any further enterprise. — State Papers.
(obsolete) To scatter on or over.
As an adjective sparkless
is without a spark.As a verb sparklest is
archaic second-person singular of sparkle.sparkless
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sparklest
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Verb
(head)sparkle
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), equivalent to .Noun
(en noun)- As sparkles from the anvil rise, / When heavy hammers on the wedge are swayed.
- The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper.
- the sparkle of a diamond.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), equivalent to .Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Verb
(sparkl)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
- I see bright honour sparkle through your eyes.