16 October 2017
sprite or spright
[sprahyt]
noun
1. an elf, fairy, or goblin.
Origin of sprite
Middle English, Old French, Latin
1250-1300; Middle English sprit < Old French esprit < Latin spīritus spirit
Related forms
spritehood, noun
spriteless, adjective
spritelike, adjective
Can be confused
spirit, sprite.
Synonyms
See fairy.
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Examples from the Web for sprite
Contemporary Examples
Prince may have pranced around like a carefree libertine onstage, but in rehearsal he was more drill sergeant than sprite.
Speed Read: The Juiciest Bits From the History of ‘Purple Rain’
Jennie Yabroff
January 1, 2015
They can be ingested sporadically or used as a mixer throughout the night (though a can of sprite seems to be the latest trick).
History’s Craziest Hangover Cures
Justin Jones
December 30, 2014
Many of the ones around today are more like the sprite Generation but there are still some old school left in La Eme.
The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs
Seth Ferranti
December 11, 2014
I tried beer in high school, before discovering Zima, a sweet and bubbly malt-liquor/wine-cooler hybrid that tasted like sprite.
Wine Snobs, There’s a Beer for You
Jordan Salcito
April 5, 2014
Bottles of Gatorade, Coke, and sprite and cans of beer lay crushed on the sidewalk.
Oklahoma Tornado Levels Moore 7-Eleven; Heroes Emerge to Save Injured
Christine Pelisek
May 22, 2013
Historical Examples
She is more futile than a sprite beseems; but she is distinctly ‘nice.’
Sir Walter Scott
George Saintsbury
This was the question for which the sprite had stopped the moth.
The Adventures of Maya the Bee
Waldemar Bonsels
All of her sprite, her mind, forlorn, were evermore hanging.
The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus
Caius Valerius Catullus
Jeanne sped on like a sprite, drawing her cap over her face.
A Little Girl in Old Detroit
Amanda Minnie Douglas
Rose is as tall as I and has a prettier face and dances like a sprite.
A Little Girl in Old Detroit
Amanda Minnie Douglas
Anagram
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Today’s quote
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.
– Oscar Wilde
On this day
16 October – Dictionary Day (in the U.S.A), coinciding with the birth of Noah Webster (born 1758), creator of Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language and known as the ‘Father of American Scholarship and Education’.
16 October 1834 – London’s House of Lords and House of Commons damaged by fire caused by an over-heating chimney flue during the destruction of tally sticks.
16 October 1854 – birth of Oscar Wilde, Irish writer and poet. Wilde wrote a number of plays, poems and epigrams. His only novel was ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’. His plays included ‘The Importance of Being Ernest’, and ‘Salome’. In addition to English, he was fluent in German and French. In 1895, Wilde was convicted of ‘gross indecency’ which related to some of his homosexual relationships. He received the maximum sentence of two years hard labour. On his release from prison in 1897, Wilde moved to Paris, living in exile and poverty. He died on 30 November 1900 from cerebral meningitis. He was buried at Cimetière de Bagneux, but in 1909 his remains were transferred to Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.
16 October 1962 – start of the Cuban Missile Crisis, known in Cuba as the October Crisis and in Russia as Kарибский кризис (Caribbean Crisis), one of the major events of the Cold War as it brought the world to the brink of nuclear conflict. It started when a USAF U-2 plane photographed evidence of Soviet air bases being constructed in Cuba on 14 October 1962. The U.S. considered bombing the bases, but ended up blockading Cuba, preventing Soviet weapons being delivered. Soviet President Nikita Khrushchev wrote to U.S. President John F. Kennedy, stating the blockade constituted an act of war. For 13 days, the Americans and Soviets conducted talks to resolve the crisis. On 28 October 1962, Kennedy and UN Secretary General U. Thant reached a public and secret agreement with Khrushchev. Publicly, the Soviets agreed to dismantle their weapons in Cuba, while the U.S. gave an agreement to never invade Cuba. Secretly, the U.S. agreed to dismantle its ballistic missiles in Turkey.