'Spruceness' definitions:
Definition of 'spruceness'
From: WordNet
noun
The state of being neat and smart and trim [syn: neatness, spruceness]
Definition of 'Spruceness'
From: GCIDE
- Spruce \Spruce\ (spr[udd]s), a. [Compar. Sprucer (spr[udd]"s[~e]r); superl. Sprucest (spr[udd]"s[e^]st).] [Perhaps fr. spruce a sort of leather from Prussia, which was an article of finery. See Spruce, n.]
- 1. Neat, without elegance or dignity; smart; trim; -- formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to persons. "Neat and spruce array." --Remedy of Love. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Sprightly; dashing. [Obs.] "Now, my spruce companions." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- He is so spruce that he can never be genteel. --Tatler. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Finical; neat; trim. See Finical. [1913 Webster] -- {Spruce"ly}, adv. -- {Spruce"ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Spruceness'
- Spruce,
- Spruced,
- Sprucely,
- Sprucing,
- spruce up,
- spruced up,
- Douglas spruce,
- Essence of spruce,
- Hemlock spruce,
- Spruce Pine,
- Spruce beer,
- Spruce grouse,
- Spruce leather,
- Spruce partridge,
- White spruce,
- black spruce,
- brewer's spruce,
- colorado spruce,
- eastern spruce,
- engelmann spruce,
- engelmann's spruce,
- norway spruce,
- oriental spruce,
- red spruce,
- siberian spruce,
- silver spruce,
- sitka spruce,
- spruce squirrel,
- weeping spruce,
- yellow spruce,
- Spruce Pine, NC,
- colorado blue spruce,
- spruce bark beetle,
- spruce gall aphid,
- Samsula-Spruce Creek,
- big-cone spruce,
- Samsula-Spruce Creek, FL,
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