In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SPRITE
fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite
(noun) a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sprite (plural sprites)
(mythology) A spirit; a soul; a shade
An apparition; ghost
(mythology) An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
(computer graphics) A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
An electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm.
A spayed female ferret.
(obsolete) Alternative form of spright (“frame of mind, disposition”)
Synonyms
• (supernatural creature): See goblin (hostile)
Anagrams
• Pitres, Presti, Priest, esprit, priest, respit, retips, ripest, sitrep, stripe, tripes
Proper noun
Sprite (plural Sprites)
A colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink.
Anagrams
• Pitres, Presti, Priest, esprit, priest, respit, retips, ripest, sitrep, stripe, tripes
Source: Wiktionary
Sprite, n. Etym: [OE. sprit, F. esprit, fr. L. spiritus. See Spirit, and cf. Sprightly.]
1. A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See Spright. Gaping graves received the wandering, guilty sprite. Dryden.
2. An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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