spriteful

From sprite +‎ -ful.

spriteful (comparative more spriteful, superlative most spriteful)

1. Obsolete spelling of sprightful.
   • c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:

     Spoke like a spriteful noble gentleman.

• filters up, reuplifts, uplifters