spritehood en · NOUN
Etymology
From sprite + -hood.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or period of being a sprite (elf, fairy, goblin).
[…] 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.
1968, Robert Kyle, Venus Examined: A Physiological Novel, page 24: