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spruceness


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spruce  \Spruce\,  a.  [Compar.  {Sprucer};  superl.  {Sprucest}] 
  [Perhaps  fr  spruce  a  sort  of  leather  from  Prussia,  which  was 
  an  article  of  finery.  See  {Spruce},  n.] 
  1.  Neat,  without  elegance  or  dignity;  --  formerly  applied  to 
  things  with  a  serious  meaning;  now  chiefly  applied  to 
  persons.  ``Neat  and  spruce  array.''  --Remedy  of  Love. 
 
  2.  Sprightly;  dashing.  [Obs.]  ``Now,  my  spruce  companions.'' 
  --Shak. 
 
  He  is  so  spruce  that  he  can  never  be  genteel. 
  --Tatler. 
 
  Syn:  Finical;  neat;  trim.  See  {Finical}.  --  {Sruce"ly},  adv 
  --  {Spruce"ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spruceness 
  n  :  the  state  of  being  neat  and  smart  and  trim  [syn:  {neatness}] 




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