Category:Sparse

Sparse, a. [compar. Sparser; superl. Sparsest.] Etym: [l. sparsus, P.p. of spargere to strew, scatter. Cf. Asperse, disperse.]

1. Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense Or close together; as, a sparse population. Carlyle.

2. (bot.)

Defn: placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to Branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.

Sparse Sparse, v. t. Etym: [l. sparsus, p.p. of spargere to scatter.]

Defn: to scatter; to disperse. [obs.] Spenser.