spangle

See also: Spangle

English

Etymology

From Middle English spangel (“a small piece of ornamental metal; a small ornament”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspæŋ.ɡəl/
• Rhymes: -æŋɡəl

Noun

spangle (plural spangles)

1. A small piece of sparkling metallic material sewn on to a garment as decoration; a sequin.
   • 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:

     And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott […]: Charles might only have been second footman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred, but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir.

2. Any small sparkling object.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Edmund Waller

     the rich spangles that adorn the sky

Translations

a small sparkling particle sewn on cloth as a decoration

• Italian: lustrino (it) m, paillette m
• Japanese: スパンコール (supankōru), スパングル (supanguru)
• Maori: kora

• Tagalog: lentehuwelas

Verb

spangle (third-person singular simple present spangles, present participle spangling, simple past and past participle spangled)

1. (intransitive) To sparkle, flash or coruscate.
2. (transitive) To fix spangles to; to adorn with small, brilliant bodies.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare

     What stars do spangle heaven with such beauty?

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