Definition of sprig

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Sprig (n.) A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement.

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Airy :: Airy (a.) Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial.
Buoyancy :: Buoyancy (n.) Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits..
Approaching :: Approaching (n.) The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach..
Caper :: Caper (v. i.) To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.
Sprang :: Sprigtail (n.) The sharp-tailed grouse.
Warm :: Warm (superl.) Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable..
Aleger :: Aleger (a.) Gay; cheerful; sprightly.
Alive :: Alive (a.) Sprightly; lively; brisk.
Sprigged :: Sprig (v. t.) To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches; to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin..
Sprigtail :: Sprigtail (n.) The pintail duck; -- called also sprig, and spreet-tail..
Mercurial :: Mercurial (a.) Having the qualities fabled to belong to the god Mercury; swift; active; sprightly; fickle; volatile; changeable; as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament..
Spright :: Spright (n.) A kind of short arrow.
Vivacity :: Vivacity (n.) Life; animation; spiritedness; liveliness; sprightliness; as, the vivacity of a discourse; a lady of great vivacity; vivacity of countenance..
Kipper :: Kipper (a.) Amorous; also, lively; light-footed; nimble; gay; sprightly..
Julep :: "Julep (n.) A beverage composed of brandy, whisky, or some other spirituous liquor, with sugar, pounded ice, and sprigs of mint; -- called also mint julep..
Sprigtail :: Sprightly (superl.) Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance..
Allegro :: Allegro (n.) An allegro movement; a quick, sprightly strain or piece..
Mercurialize :: Mercurialize (v. i.) To be sprightly, fantastic, or capricious..
Spright :: Spright (n.) Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood.
Sprightless :: Sprightful (a.) Full of spirit or of life; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk; nimble; gay.
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