sparkel

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sparcle, sparkle, sparkull, sparkyl, sparkyll, spercle, sperkel, sperkull, sperkyl, sperkyll

Etymology

From sparke +‎ -el (agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsparkəl/, /ˈspɛrkəl/

Noun

sparkel (plural sparkles)

1. spark (glowing particle)
2. (by extension) particle, mote
3. (figuratively) spark, germ

Related terms

• sparklen

Descendants

• English: sparkle

References

• “sparkle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.