sprite
Meaning
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- Any of various supernatural beings, loosely defined:
- Any of various supernatural beings, loosely defined:
- Any of various supernatural beings, loosely defined:
- A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
- A large electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm, which appears as a luminous red or orange flash.
- The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).
- Any of various African damselflies of the genus Pseudagrion (of which, Australian species are named riverdamsels).
- A spayed female ferret.
- (obsolete) Alternative form of spright (“frame of mind, disposition”)
Synonyms
faery
nature goddess
gremlin
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/spɹaɪt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English sprite, spryt, spreyte, from Old French esprit (“spirit”), from Latin spiritus. 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.
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