spark
noun
an ignited or fiery particle such as is thrown off by burning wood or produced by one hard body striking against another.
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I had little stomach for Dr. Trefusis’s sparkishness.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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