† sprighty, a. Obs. rare.
[f. spright n.1]
= sprightly a. (1 and 3 a).
| 1609 Pimlyco C iv b, Rosa Solis, Aqua Vitæ, And Nugs of Balme, so quicke, and sprighty. a 1625 Fletcher Love's Pilgr. iii. ii, A Son of his, a yong and hopeful gentleman,..A sprighty man, of understanding excellent. 1641 J. Jackson True Evang. T. i. 79 The spirit of the sprighty Ascanius in Virgil. |