spiritess

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noun

A female spirit.

OriginEnglish spirit ← Middle English spirit ← Old French espirit →
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Meanings

nounspiritess (plural spiritesses)

plural spiritesses

  1. A female spirit.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  2. Latinspīrō
  3. Latinspīritu
  4. Old Frenchespirit
  5. Middle Englishspirit
  6. Englishspirit
  7. Englishspiritess

From spirit + -ess.

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APA

spiritess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiritess

MLA

“spiritess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiritess. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spiritess,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiritess.

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