sprite
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- spright (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Old French esprit (“spirit”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sprite (plural sprites)
- (mythology) A spirit; a soul; a shade
- 1803, William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
- He who torments the chafer's sprite
- Weaves a bower in endless night.
- 1803, William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
- an apparition; ghost
- (mythology) An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
- The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
- (computer graphics) A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
- An electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm.
- A spayed female ferret.
Synonyms[edit]
- (supernatural creature): See goblin (hostile)
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition
an elf; a fairy; a goblin
the green woodpecker, or yaffle — see green woodpecker
a two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene
electrical discharges that occur high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm
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