spritehood

English

Etymology

From sprite +‎ -hood.

Noun

spritehood (uncountable)

1. 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.