spangle
See also: Spangle
English
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Etymology
From Middle English spangel (“a small piece of ornamental metal; a small ornament”); equivalent to spang + -le.
Pronunciation
Noun
spangle (plural spangles)
- 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.
- Any small sparkling object.
- 1645, Edmund Waller, “Of and to the Queene”, lines 35--38:
- Thus, in a starry night, fond children cry
For the rich spangles that adorn the sky,
Which, though they shine for ever fixed there,
With light and influence relieve us here.
- Thus, in a starry night, fond children cry
- 1645, Edmund Waller, “Of and to the Queene”, lines 35--38:
- The butterfly, Papilio demoleus, family Papilionidae, of Asia.
Translations
a small sparkling particle sewn on cloth as a decoration
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Verb
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- (intransitive) To sparkle, flash or coruscate.
- (transitive) To fix spangles to; to adorn with small, brilliant bodies.
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- What stars do spangle heaven with such beauty?
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