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

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.