sparkle

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Like a photograph of a diamond, the sparkle is there, but you cannot feel the weight.

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  1. intransitive verb To give off sparks.
  2. intransitive verb To give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter. See Synonyms at flash.
  3. intransitive verb To be brilliant in performance.
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  • Like a photograph of a diamond, the sparkle is there, but you cannot feel the weight. —  Confessions of a Film Critic
  • The effects crew shows how the sparkle was added to Edward's skin (sorry, it still doesn't work for me). —  Catholic Online > Daily Readings
  • And his sparkle was the brighter for its setting and its surroundings. —  The History of "Punch"
  • She thought the sparkle was all for her, and her little wicked heart gave a throb of exultant joy Mrs. Dare was no longer a large, purple person. —  The Witness
  • She thought the sparkle was all for her, and her little wicked heart gave a throb of exultant joy. —  The Witness
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English sparklen, frequentative of sparken, to spark; see spark1.

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  1. Early modern English also sparcle, sparckle; from Middle English sparklen, spearclen. sperclen (= Middle Dutch sparckelen); freq. of spark. Cf. sparkle, n.
 

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