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water sprite

American  

noun

  1. a sprite or spirit inhabiting the water, as an undine.


Etymology

Origin of water sprite

First recorded in 1790–1800


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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

It tells the sad sweet story of Daphnis and of Chloe, A herdsman and a water sprite, how they loved and lost.

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

We find in Canada the tale of a dusky Undine, a soulless water sprite, who, through love of a mortal, became human.

From Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate by Charles M. (Charles Montgomery) Skinner

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