SPRUCE


Meaning of SPRUCE in English

adj. & v.

adj. neat in dress and appearance; trim, smart.

v.tr. & intr. (also refl.; usu. foll. by up) make or become smart. sprucely adv. spruceness n.

[ perh. f. SPRUCE(2) in obs. sense 'Prussian', in the collocation spruce (leather) jerkin ]

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