1. Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood. [Obs.] "The high heroic spright." Spenser. Wondrous great grief groweth in my spright. Spenser.
2. A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.
Forth he called, out of deep darkness dread, Legions of sprights.
Spenser.
To thee, O Father, Son, and Sacred Spright. Fairfax.
3. A kind of short arrow. [Obs.] Bacon.
SPRIGHT
Spright, v. t.
Defn: To haunt, as a spright. [Obs.] Shak.
SPRIGHTFUL
Spright"ful, a. Etym: [Spright sprite + full.]
Defn: Full of spirit or of life; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk;
nimble; gay. [Obs.] — Spright"ful*ly, adv. [Obs.] Shak.
— Spright"ful*ness, n. [Obs.]
Spoke like a sprightful gentlemen. Shak.
Steeds sprightful as the light. Cowley.
SPRIGHTLESS
Spright"less, a.
Defn: Destitute of life; dull; sluggish.
SPRIGHTLINESS
Spright"li*ness, n.