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spargere
Latin · ancient
"to scatter, to sprinkle"
to scatter, to sprinkle
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sparsus
Latin · ancient
"scattered, sprinkled"
scattered, sprinkled, past participle of spargere
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sparse
English · 1700s
"thinly distributed or scattered over an area"
settled as the English word for something thinly distributed over an area
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