sprunt

English

Etymology

Compare sprout.

Verb

sprunt (third-person singular simple present sprunts, present participle sprunting, simple past and past participle sprunted)

1. (obsolete) To spring up; to germinate.

Noun

sprunt (plural sprunts)

1. (obsolete) any short, stiff object.
   • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book I, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 35:

     "As for that little sprunt piece of the Brain which they call the Conarion..."

2. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A leap; a spring.
3. A steep ascent in a road.

Adjective

sprunt (comparative more sprunt, superlative most sprunt)

1. (obsolete) Active; lively; vigorous.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Kersey to this entry?)

Anagrams

• prunts