3 entries under this word

Sparse

Spärse, a.

adjective

a. [compar. SPARSER; superl. SPARSEST.] [Lat. sparsus, p. p. of spargere, to strew, scatter; It. sparso, Pr. & O. Fr. espars, N. Fr. épars.]

Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; as, a sparse population.
(Bot.) Not opposite, nor alternate, nor in any apparent regular order; scattered; —applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.

Spärse, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [Lat. spargere, sparsum; It. spargere, Pr. esparger, esparser, Sp. esparcir, Pg. espargir, O. Fr. esparjer.] To disperse. [Obs.] Spenser.

Spär'sim, adv.

adverb

[Lat., from spargere, to scatter.] Sparsely; scatteredly; here and there.