spritehood

noun

spritehood

noun

Etymology From sprite + -hood.

1

The state or period of being a sprite (elf, fairy, goblin).

  • […] sloppy, lank-haired adolescent, utterly transformed from the impertinent little sprite Hixon had formerly adored. Her spritehood had ended abruptly at almost the same moment that her education started costing $2,000 a year.1968, Robert Kyle, Venus Examined: A Physiological Novel, page 24:

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