From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishspritesprite /spraɪt/ noun [countable] RFa fairy(1)
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sprite• He reaches the ball a step ahead of an agile sprite named Molly, whose ponytail flows behind her baseball cap.• Stark Nude had been an angelic sprite of a girl who in my mind will for ever be 6 and eating jelly beans.• In places, the shadows seemed oppressively dark, sinister hiding-places where some demon or evil sprite might lurk.• Glastyn Also known as Glashtyn, a field sprite who frequents farmhouses on the Isle of Man.• A spiteful sprite, a malevolent kelpie.• The controls are very difficult to master, especially on Level 5 where exaggerated momentum makes the sprites virtually uncontrollable.• The sprites are small and terribly blobby with poor colouring, virtually no animation.• He is, however, not a trustworthy sprite, and delights in practical jokes of a bizarre and sometimes gruesome nature.SpriteSprite trademark a type of sweet, clear, carbonated drink that has a lemon and lime tasteOrigin sprite (1300-1400) Old French esprit, from Latin spiritus; → SPIRIT1 