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sprite

or spright

[ sprahyt ]

noun

  1. (in folklore) an elf, fairy, or goblin.


sprite

/ ²õ±è°ù²¹Éª³Ù /

noun

  1. (in folklore) a nimble elflike creature, esp one associated with water
  2. a small dainty person
  3. an icon in a computer game which can be manoeuvred around the screen by means of a joystick, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ±è°ù¾±³Ù±ðh´Ç´Ç»å noun
  • ²õ±è°ù¾±³Ù±ðl±ð²õ²õ adjective
  • ²õ±è°ù¾±³Ù±ðl¾±°ì±ð adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sprite1

1400–1450; Middle English sprit, spreit, from Anglo-French spirit(e), Old French esprit, espirit(e), from Latin ²õ±èÄ«°ù¾±³Ù³Ü²õ spirit
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sprite1

C13: from Old French esprit, from Latin ²õ±èÄ«°ù¾±³Ù³Ü²õ spirit 1
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Synonym Study

See fairy.
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Example Sentences

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I amused them by wearing a flower crown and pitching my voice high to play Puck, a mischievous sprite.

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Braid dandelions or daisies into a floral crown, and the wearer becomes a forest sprite.

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The show’s makers also used crowd sprites, in which actors were filmed individually on green screens and then arranged to appear as part of the crowd.

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Pee-wee is a sprite, a creature of myth, like Pan — immune to time or decay or serious illness.

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Her near life-size ceramic figures of animals, sprites and fairy-tale heroines in moments of frozen intimacy are prickly and emotional in a way that’s hard to get over.

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