spritehood
English
Etymology
sprite + -hood
Noun
spritehood (uncountable)
- The state or period of being a sprite (elf, fairy, goblin).
- 1968, Robert Kyle, Venus Examined: A Physiological Novel (page 24)
- […] 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)