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Etymology

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sprite +‎ -ish

Adjective

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spritish (comparative more spritish, superlative most spritish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a sprite or fairy.
    • 1986, Nora Crook, Derek Guiton, Shelley's Venomed Melody, page 220:
      [] and the wistful playfulness of the poem allows the reader to entertain the idea that Ariel, by having to take a mortal form, has been punished for some spritish offence.