1610s, from spruce (adj.) + -ify. Related: Sprucified.
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spruce adj.
"neat, smart in dress and appearance, dapper, brisk," 1580s, from spruce leather (mid-15c.; see spruce (n.)), a type of leather imported from Prussia in the 1400s and 1500s which was used in England to make a popular style of jerkin that was considered smart-looking.
-ify
variant of verbal suffix -fy with connective -i-. Related: -ific; -ification.