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spritehood

spritehood noun: the state or period of being a sprite (elf, fairy, goblin).

Noun

spritehood (uncountable)

  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

Origin of spritehood

From sprite + -hood.

Questions about spritehood

What does spritehood mean?
Spritehood means the state or period of being a sprite (elf, fairy, goblin).
What part of speech is spritehood?
Spritehood is a noun.

Words near spritehood in the dictionary

  1. sprite halos
  2. sprited
  3. spriteful
  4. spritefully
  5. spritefulness
  6. spritehood
  7. spritelier
  8. spriteliest
  9. spritelike
  10. spriteliness
  11. spritely

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