Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sprack

/ˈspɹæk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sprack
IPA: /ˈspɹæk/

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

lively, full of energy

British usage

Example Sentences

"She was apprenticed as a 'pupil teacher,' at fourteen years of age, and deemed to have a more than ordinary chance of doing well and getting on, for she was clever, and what is called 'sprack' in the part of the country where she lived."
""Yes, that I be, and I 'ave a little boy, he be a sprack little chap.""

Etymology

From Middle English sprak, from Old Norse sparkr, sprekr (“lively”) and/or Old Norse sprækr (“lively”), from Proto-Germanic *sparkaz, *sprēkijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(a)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”). More at spark.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: sprak, sparkr, sprækr, *sparkaz, *sp(h)er(a)g-

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

more sprack (comparative) most sprack (superlative) sprag (alternative) sprak (alternative)

Derived Forms

sprackness

Rhymes With

back black attack track lack jack pack cook back mac iraq crack hack

Questions

How do you pronounce sprack?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈspɹæk/.
What does sprack mean?: lively, full of energy
Where does sprack come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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