ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Sprite', Synonyms of 'Sprite' & More on 'Sprite'

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

sprite
    n 1: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical
         powers [syn: fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sprite \Sprite\ (spr[imac]t), n. [OE. sprit, F. esprit, fr. L.
   spiritus. See Spirit, and cf. Sprightly.]
   1. A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See
      Spright.
      [1913 Webster]

            Gaping graves received the wandering, guilty sprite.
                                                  --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. (Zool.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
      [1913 Webster] Spriteliness
      Spritefully
      Spriteful

3. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)

sprite

    A small bitmap image, often used in
   animated games but also sometimes used as a synonym for
   icon.

   (1997-06-29)

4. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)

Sprite

    An operating system from Berkeley
   supporting multiprocessing and distributed files.

   [Details?  References?]

   (1994-10-17)

Thesaurus Results for Sprite:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Ariel, Befind, Corrigan, Dingbelle, Fifinella, Finnbeara, Hob, Hobgoblin, Mab, Masan, Oberon, Puck, Titania, apparition, appearance, astral, astral spirit, bad fairy, bad peri, banshee, brownie, cluricaune, control, departed spirit, deviling, devilkin, diablotin, disembodied spirit, duppy, dwarf, dybbuk, eidolon, elf, erlking, fairy, fairy queen, fay, form, ghost, gnome, goblin, grateful dead, gremlin, guide, hant, haunt, hob, idolum, immateriality, imp, incorporeal, incorporeal being, incorporeity, kobold, larva, lemures, leprechaun, little devil, manes, materialization, oni, ouphe, peri, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, pixie, poltergeist, pooka, presence, puca, puck, pwca, revenant, shade, shadow, shape, shrouded spirit, specter, spectral ghost, spirit, spook, sylph, sylphid, theophany, tokoloshe, unsubstantiality, vision, walking dead man, wandering soul, wraith, young devil, zombie

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