What is the meaning of Sprite?

Any of various supernatural beings, loosely defined:

  1. A spirit; a soul; a shade.
  2. An apparition; a ghost.
  3. An elf, fairy, or goblin; one with a small humanlike physical body.

A spirit; a soul; a shade.

An apparition; a ghost.

An elf, fairy, or goblin; one with a small humanlike physical body.

A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.

A large electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm, which appears as a luminous red or orange flash.

The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).

Any of various African damselflies of the genus Pseudagrion (of which, Australian species are named riverdamsels).

A spayed female ferret.

Alternative form of spright (frame of mind, disposition)

To draw a (specifically) pixel art sprite.

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Source: wiktionary.org