English Explanatory Dictionary

sprite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various supernatural beings, loosely defined:
  2. A spirit; a soul; a shade.
  3. An apparition; a ghost.
  4. An elf, fairy, or goblin; one with a small humanlike physical body.
  5. A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
  6. A large electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm, which appears as a luminous red or orange flash.
  7. The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).
  8. Any of various African damselflies of the genus Pseudagrion (of which, Australian species are named riverdamsels).
  9. A spayed female ferret.
  10. Alternative form of spright (“frame of mind, disposition”).
verb
  1. To draw a (specifically) pixel art sprite.
name
  1. A colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink.

Pronunciation

sprīt /spɹaɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sprite.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Sprite.wav

Word forms

sprite sprites spright spriting sprited

Etymology

From Middle English sprite, spryt, spreyte, from Old French esprit (“spirit”), from Latin spīritus. Doublet of spirit, spiritus, spirytus, spright, and esprit. (computer graphics): First used by Danny Hillis at Texas Instruments in the late 1970s. (meteorology): An acronym for Stratospheric Perturbations Resulting from Intense Thunderstorm Electrification.

Synonyms

goblin

Related words

sprightly

Derived words

metasprite pool sprite red sprite resprite sprelve Spridget sprite comic spriteful sprite halo spritehood spritelike spritely spritemap spriter spritesheet spritework spritish water sprite Sproke
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