sprite Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
    fairy; fay; faerie; faery.

WordNet

Sprite noun
Etymology
OE. sprit, F. esprit, fr. L. spiritus. See Spirit, and cf. Sprightly.
Definitions
  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.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.

Webster 1913