sparkler
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A vivacious and charismatic person.
noun
A tiger beetle.
name
A galaxy in Volans constellation, in the areal region of SMACS J0723.3–7327 (SMACS 0723); at the time of discovery in 2022, containing some of the earliest known massive star clusters, globulars.
Informal
Example Sentences
- "And yet a married woman, possessing your attractions, shuts her eyes (and sparklers too), and goes and runs her delicate-formed head against a wall."
- "The Playboy cover was of a girl in grey slacks and sandals, one hand on hip and the other waving a sparkler for Independence Day."
- "When the bill came, I got a side-glance at it, and hoped Rose would have to hock her sparklers to pay it."
- "“As for Marilea, she was a sparkler. She was very effervescent. The family would often come out as a family unit when we were in the barnyard or the horse corral, and Marilea was just fine.”"
- "Irvine's white, a grape variety named for Hans Irvine, who developed the vineyards at Great Western (now owned by Seppelt), is frequently used in the Australian sparklers."
Etymology
Etymology tree English sparkle Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English sparkler From sparkle + -er.