spritish

adj

spritish

adj

Etymology From sprite + -ish.

1

Resembling or characteristic of a sprite or fairy.

  • […] 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.1986, Nora Crook, Derek Guiton, Shelley's Venomed Melody, page 220:

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