spriteful
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Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
spriteful (comparative more spriteful, superlative most spriteful)
- Obsolete spelling of sprightful
- c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
- Spoke like a spriteful noble gentleman.