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noun merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
noun the occurrence of a small flash or spark
noun the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
originFrom Middle English sparklen, sperclen, equivalent to spark + -le (frequentative verb). Cognate with West Frisian sparkelje (“to sparkle”), Dutch sparkelen (“to sparkle”).
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