spriggy

[sprig-ee]

adjective

spriggier, spriggiest 

1. possessing sprigs or small branches.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spriggy¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; sprig + -y ¹

Example Sentences

This time it concerns the funkiest Triple Crown season yet hatched and whether a potential Triple Crown winner ought to get listed forever with the spriggy little dot.

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The spriggy bibbed dresses and quilted jackets in Laura Ashley florals worn by Laura Dern as Marmee would likely spark a millennial bidding war on eBay, where vintage Laura Ashley is a hot search term.

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Current , gohenry and others such as Britain’s Nimbl and Osper , Australia’s Spriggy and Famzoo and Greenlight of the U.S. operate on similar principles.

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Traditional maternity wear – smocks in spriggy florals, babyish sailor-suit trims – looked as if it had been made from offcuts left after the nursery had been decorated.

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Page 243, line 23.–Of the "wild Germander," old Thomas Johnson says in his Historie of Plants, 1633, "The floures be of a gallant blew colour, standing orderlie on the tops of the tender, spriggy spraies."

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