Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sprite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sprite \Sprite\, n. [OE. sprit, F. esprit, fr. L. spiritus. See
{Spirit}, and cf. {Sprightly}.]
1. A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See
{Spright}.
Gaping graves received the wandering, guilty sprite.
--Dryden.
2. An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sprite
n : small, human in form, playful, having magical powers [syn: {fairy},
{faery}, {faerie}]
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