Category:Sprite

Sprite, n. Etym: [oe. sprit, f. esprit, fr. L. spiritus. See spirit, And cf. Sprightly.]

1. A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See spright. Gaping graves received the wandering, guilty sprite. Dryden.

2. An elf; a fairy; a goblin.

3. (zoöl.)

Defn: the green woodpecker, or yaffle.