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A recent "word of the day" -- "wifty" -- reminded me of a word my country grandmother used during my childhood. The word was "sprunty" and the context in which she used it suggested it meant "full of pep" or "ready for energetic mischief." She was from northeast Texas; her mother was originally from Georgia.
Does anyone have any information about "sprunty"?
Thanks.
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there is spruntly, in a sprunt manner; smartly; vigorously; youthfully — used by Ben Jonson in 1616 and not much since then. googling 'sprunty' seems to mostly turn up a lot of silly nicknames.. edit: google[books] does turn up this one enticing cite: When it come bedtime, I shore wished I hadn't been so sprunty, for the blood stain was right beside my bed and I had to step over it to get in the bed at all.
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And wifty sure made me think of wwftd! Welcome, jo ann.
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Sounds like a conglomeration of Spritely and Grunty.
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Olly, you seem to have some strange friends...
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Olly, you seem to have some strange friends... yeah he does, and most of 'em are sheep, ay?
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Hahaha. Ewe're a dag moit. My sheepmates sure can play rugby though eh?
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yes, well, er um...let's not go there shall we...
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