'Sprite' definitions:
Definition of 'sprite'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Sprite'
From: GCIDE
- Sprite \Sprite\ (spr[imac]t), 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. [1913 Webster]
- Gaping graves received the wandering, guilty sprite. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An elf; a fairy; a goblin. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle. [1913 Webster] Spriteliness Spritefully Spriteful
Synonyms of 'sprite'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apparition,
- appearance,
- Ariel,
- astral,
- astral spirit,
- bad fairy,
- bad peri,
- banshee,
- Befind,
- brownie,
- cluricaune,
- control,
- Corrigan,
- departed spirit,
- deviling,
- devilkin,
- diablotin,
- Dingbelle,
- disembodied spirit,
- duppy,
- dwarf,
- dybbuk,
- eidolon,
- elf,
- erlking,
- fairy,
- fairy queen,
- fay,
- Fifinella,
- Finnbeara,
- form,
- ghost,
- gnome,
- goblin,
- grateful dead,
- gremlin,
- guide,
- hant,
- haunt,
- hob,
- Hob,
- Hobgoblin,
- idolum,
- immateriality,
- imp,
- incorporeal,
- incorporeal being,
- incorporeity,
- kobold,
- larva,
- lemures,
- leprechaun,
- little devil,
- Mab,
- manes,
- Masan,
- materialization,
- Oberon,
- oni,
- ouphe,
- peri,
- phantasm,
- phantasma,
- phantom,
- pixie,
- poltergeist,
- pooka,
- presence,
- puca,
- puck,
- Puck,
- pwca,
- revenant,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shape,
- shrouded spirit,
- specter,
- spectral ghost,
- spirit,
- spook,
- sylph,
- sylphid,
- theophany,
- Titania,
- tokoloshe,
- unsubstantiality,
- vision,
- walking dead man,
- wandering soul,
- wraith,
- young devil,
- zombie