water sprite
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of water sprite
First recorded in 1790–1800
Example Sentences
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Asuka has an easy life with her doting fiancé—but everything’s about to change when she discovers her childhood friend has been reborn as a folkloric water sprite, and she decides to take him home….
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2011
In the Broadway fantasy Ondine, Actress Audrey Hepburn, winner of the best-acting "Tony" award for her role, played the part of a water sprite with fatal charms.
From Time Magazine Archive
But now he is in danger of taking a dunking from a petite, persistent water sprite, Colleen O'Connor, 28.
From Time Magazine Archive
As I knew him 20-odd years ago, Hartmann was an off-beat character who ... resembled an aged water sprite.
From Time Magazine Archive
The value of the story lies in the author's power to make the reader believe in Undine, the water sprite, and in the presentation of a new nature-mythology.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English by Various
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