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noun
1.
a small, thin, often circular piece of glittering metal or other material, used especially for decorating garments.
2.
any small, bright drop, object, spot, or the like.
verb (used with object)
3.
to decorate with spangles.
4.
to sprinkle or stud with small, bright pieces, objects, spots, etc.
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verb (used without object)
5.
to glitter with or like spangles.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English spangele (noun), equivalent to spange spangle (perhaps < Middle Dutch ) + -le -le
1375–1425; late Middle English spangele (noun), equivalent to spange spangle (perhaps < Middle Dutch ) + -le -le
Related forms
span·gly, adjective
un·span·gled, adjective
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Word Origin & History
spangle
c.1420, dim. of spang "glittering ornament, spangle," probably from M.Du. spange "brooch, clasp," cognate with O.E. spang "buckle, clasp," from P.Gmc. *spango, from an extended form of the root of span (2). The verb is attested from 1548.
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