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Sprucest

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.

  2. Sprightly; dashing. [Obs.] ``Now, my spruce companions.''
    --Shak.

    He is so spruce that he can never be genteel.
    --Tatler.

    Syn: Finical; neat; trim. See Finical. [1913 Webster] -- Spruce"ly, adv. -- Spruce"ness, n.

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sprucest

a. (en-superlative of: spruce)