<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.</li><li>a diminutive person, especially a child.</li><li>a mischievous person, especially a child.</li></ul>