Definition of "will-o'-wisp" [will-o'-wisp]

• Alternative form of will-o'-the-wisp. (noun)

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• "The lame girl was very sorry to lose this little will-o'-wisp neighbor who had brought so much sunshine into her life during her short stay at the parsonage, but Elizabeth was to visit her every day, and the"
• "Sometimes it seemed to her as if this solemn-eyed child purposely misunderstood, and mocked at her attempts to lead unwilling feet along the path of learning, and she was at a loss to know how to deal with the sprightly elf who danced and flitted about like an elusive will-o'-wisp."
• "She is the Fenella of the fireside; the will-o'-wisp of our souls; our gaiety; the life of the house."