spritehood

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounspritehood (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe 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

Origin

From sprite + -hood.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

priesthood
Cite this entry
APA

spritehood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spritehood

MLA

“spritehood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spritehood. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spritehood,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spritehood.

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