† sprightedadj.

Forms: see sprite n. and -ed suffix².

Etymology: < sprite n. + -ed suffix². Compare spright v.

Obsolete (rare (chiefly poetic) in later use).

1. Typically preceded by a modifying adjective, or (less commonly) an adverb or noun: having a spirit, character, or disposition of a specified kind. Cf. sprite n. 1a, spirited adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > spirituality > mind, soul, spirit, heart > [adjective]

souleda1398

sprighted1524

besouled1843

beghosted-

1524 R. Copland tr. J. de Bourbon Syege Cyte of Rodes in Begynnynge Ordre Knyghtes Hospytallers sig. B.ii^v A wel spryted man and wyse.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxxvi. 11 The meke spreted shal possesse the earth.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 12 Two fayer young boyes, whose faces were swete and delicate as maydens be, that otherwise were hardie, and quicke sprighted.

a1612 W. Fowler Wks. (1914) I. 256 Quhils baser spreited lords doth stayne there race, and by degendring gendreth not bot shame.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. iv. 22 A softly-sprighted man, is he not?

a1718 J. Bulkeley Last-day (1719) xi. 348 Sulphur's Force and subtil-sprighted Nitre kindling rowl Their spirey blueish Flames.

1913 J. J. Pearson Poems 26 Look at the past with me, my child, My faery sprighted lover.

2. Haunted by, or as if by, a sprite or supernatural being. Cf. spright v. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [adjective] > resembling fairy or elf

sprighteda1586

spritelike1635

pixie-like1917

pixie-ish1942

the mind > mental capacity > spirituality > mind, soul, spirit, heart > [adjective] > of specific kind

sprighteda1586

souled1602

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella xcvi in Arcadia (1598) 564 In night of sprites the gastly powers to stur, In thee or sprites or sprited gastlinesse.

a1770 T. Chatterton Misc. in Prose & Verse (1778) 104 Self-sprighted Fear creeps silent thro' the gloom.

1881 Cornhill Mag. June 677 I could have imagined he had stepped to life from one of Lionardo's fancy-sprighted studies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019).

单词	sprighted
释义	† sprightedadj. Forms: see sprite n. and -ed suffix². Etymology: < sprite n. + -ed suffix². Compare spright v. Obsolete (rare (chiefly poetic) in later use). 1. Typically preceded by a modifying adjective, or (less commonly) an adverb or noun: having a spirit, character, or disposition of a specified kind. Cf. sprite n. 1a, spirited adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > spirituality > mind, soul, spirit, heart > [adjective] souleda1398 sprighted1524 besouled1843 beghosted- 1524 R. Copland tr. J. de Bourbon Syege Cyte of Rodes in Begynnynge Ordre Knyghtes Hospytallers sig. B.ii^v A wel spryted man and wyse. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxxvi. 11 The meke spreted shal possesse the earth. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 12 Two fayer young boyes, whose faces were swete and delicate as maydens be, that otherwise were hardie, and quicke sprighted. a1612 W. Fowler Wks. (1914) I. 256 Quhils baser spreited lords doth stayne there race, and by degendring gendreth not bot shame. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. iv. 22 A softly-sprighted man, is he not? a1718 J. Bulkeley Last-day (1719) xi. 348 Sulphur's Force and subtil-sprighted Nitre kindling rowl Their spirey blueish Flames. 1913 J. J. Pearson Poems 26 Look at the past with me, my child, My faery sprighted lover. 2. Haunted by, or as if by, a sprite or supernatural being. Cf. spright v. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [adjective] > resembling fairy or elf sprighteda1586 spritelike1635 pixie-like1917 pixie-ish1942 the mind > mental capacity > spirituality > mind, soul, spirit, heart > [adjective] > of specific kind sprighteda1586 souled1602 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella xcvi in Arcadia (1598) 564 In night of sprites the gastly powers to stur, In thee or sprites or sprited gastlinesse. a1770 T. Chatterton Misc. in Prose & Verse (1778) 104 Self-sprighted Fear creeps silent thro' the gloom. 1881 Cornhill Mag. June 677 I could have imagined he had stepped to life from one of Lionardo's fancy-sprighted studies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019). < adj.1524
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