The definition of a sprite is an imaginary being or spirit.
(noun)An example of a sprite is a fairy.
See sprite in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME sprit < OFr esprit < L spiritus, spirit
See sprite in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also spright
nounOrigin:
Origin: Middle English spreit
Origin: , from Old French esprit
Origin: , from Latin spīritus; see Spirit
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