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sprite

  • noun
  • sprīt

Any of various supernatural beings, loosely defined

Other meanings

  1. A spirit; a soul; a shade.

  2. An apparition; a ghost.

Related words

  • metasprite
  • resprite
  • sprelve
  • Spridget
  • spriteful
  • spritehood
  • spritelike
  • spritely
  • spritemap
  • spriter
  • spritesheet
  • spritework

Word history

From Latin "spīritus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “sprite” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.