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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

spangling en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈspæŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/ (General-American)
  • (Canada) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English spangle Middle English -ynge English -ing English spangling From spangle + -ing.

Meanings

  1. That spangles; glittering, sparkling.
    • It was a crumbling heap, whose portal dark / With blooming ivy trails was overgrown; / Upon whose floor the spangling sands were strown, / And rarest sea-shells, which the eternal flood, / Slave to the mother of the months, had thrown / Within the walls of that gray tower, […] 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 220:

Forms

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more spangling Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most spangling Degree=Sup lexicographic

spangling en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈspæŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/ (General-American)
  • (Canada) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English spangle Middle English -ynge English -ing English spangling From spangle + -ing.

Meanings

  1. A sparkling metallic ornamentation.
  2. (form-of, gerund) gerund of spangle: the act of fixing spangles or sparkling objects to something.
    form of spangle

Forms

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spanglings Number=Plur lexicographic

spangling en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈspæŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/ (General-American)
  • (Canada) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English spangle Middle English -ynge English -ing English spangling From spangle + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of spangle
    form of spangle