a. rare. [f. SPUITER v. + -Y.] Inclined to sputter or barst out explosively; of a sputtering nature.
1858. Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., III. v. I. 232. This youth, very full of fire,… had been rather sputtery upon his Uncle. Ibid. (1864), XVI. ix. IV. 384. D’Argens … Has abundance of light sputtery wit, and Provençal fire and ingenuity. Ibid. (1867), Remin. (1881), II. 59. His mood had really been splenetic, sputtery, and improper.
