English-Thai Dictionary

sprite

N เทพยดา  เทวดา  เทพธิดา  ภูต  นางไม้  elf fairy teb-ti-da

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPRITE

n.A spirit.

 

SPRITEFUL

[See Sprightful. ]

 

SPRITEFULLY

[See Sprightfully. ]

 

SPRITELINESS

[See Sprightliness. ]

 

SPRITELY

[See Sprightly. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

 

SPRITEFUL; SPRITEFULLY; SPRITELINESS; SPRITELY

Sprite "ful, a. Sprite "ful *ly, adv. , Sprite "li *ness (, n., Sprite "ly, a., etc.

 

Defn: See Sprightful, Sprightfully, Sprightliness, Sprightly, etc.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sprite

sprite |sprīt spraɪt | ▶noun 1 an elf or fairy. 2 a computer graphic that may be moved on-screen and otherwise manipulated as a single entity. 3 a faint flash, typically red, sometimes emitted in the upper atmosphere over a thunderstorm owing to the collision of high-energy electrons with air molecules. ORIGIN Middle English: alteration of sprit, a contraction of spirit .

 

spritely

sprite ly ▶adjective variant spelling of sprightly.

 

Oxford Dictionary

sprite

sprite |sprʌɪt | ▶noun 1 an elf or fairy. 2 a computer graphic which may be moved on-screen and otherwise manipulated as a single entity. 3 a faint flash, typically red, sometimes emitted in the upper atmosphere over a thunderstorm owing to the collision of high-energy electrons with air molecules. ORIGIN Middle English: alteration of sprit, a contraction of spirit .

 

spritely

sprite ¦ly ▶adjective variant spelling of sprightly.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sprite

sprite noun by light of moon the woodland sprites do dance and play: fairy, elf, pixie, imp, brownie, puck, peri, leprechaun; nymph, sylph, naiad.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sprite

sprite noun fairy, elf, pixie, imp, brownie, puck, peri, goblin, hobgoblin, kelpie, leprechaun; nymph, dryad, sylph, naiad; literary faerie, fay; rare hob, nix, nixie, elfin.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sprite

sprite /spraɪt /名詞 C 1 妖精 （ようせい ）, 小鬼 (goblin ).2 〘コンピュ 〙スプライト 〘背景から独立して表示できる図形 〙.