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shright

English

Etymology

From Middle English, preterite of shritch.

Verb

shright

  1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of shritch

Noun

shright (plural shrights)

  1. (obsolete) A shriek or shrieking; sobbing.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
      cruell Sprights, / That with their pitteous cryes, and yelling shrights, / They made the further shore resounden wide [...].

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spright

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sp?a?t/

Noun

spright (plural sprights)

  1. Obsolete spelling of sprite
  2. (obsolete) Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood.
  3. (obsolete) A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.
  4. (obsolete) A kind of short arrow.

Derived terms

  • sprightly

Verb

spright (third-person singular simple present sprights, present participle sprighting, simple past and past participle sprighted)

  1. (obsolete) To haunt.

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