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Definition of Silvan

1. Noun. A spirit that lives in or frequents the woods.

2. Adjective. Relating to or characteristic of wooded regions. "A shady sylvan glade"

Definition of Silvan

1. a. Of or pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves; woody.

2. n. See Sylvanium.

Definition of Silvan

1. Adjective. pertaining to the forest, or woodlands ¹

2. Adjective. wooded, or covered in forest ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Silvan

1. sylvan [n -S] - See also: sylvan

Medical Definition of Silvan

1. Of or pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves; woody. Alternative forms: sylvan] "Betwixt two rows of rocks, a silvan scene Appears above, and groves forever green." (Dryden) Origin: L. Silva, less correctly sylva, a wood or grove, perh. Akin to Gr. "ylh; cf. L. Silvanus Silvanus the god of woods: cf. F. Sylvain silvan. Cf. Savage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Silvan

silurian silurid silurid fish siluridan siluridans silurids siluriform fish silurist silurists siluroid

siluroidei siluroids silurus silva silvae silvan (current term) silvanite silvans silvas silvate

silvates silvatic silver silver-ammoniacal silver stain silver-bell tree silver-bush silver-fork deformity silver-fork fracture silver-grey silver-lace

Literary usage of Silvan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mythology of All Races by John Arnott MacCulloch, Louis Herbert Gray (1918)
"CHAPTER VII silvan SPIRITS THE Russians call a silvan spirit ... The principal business of the silvan spirits is to guard the forest. ..."

2. The Problem of the Homeric Poems by William Duguid Geddes (1878)
"with silvan images and scenery; which I take to be a Thes- salian note of ... If therefore there is evidence of a special familiarity with silvan scenes in ..."

3. The Mythology of All Races by Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, John Arnott MacCulloch (1918)
"CHAPTER VII silvan SPIRITS THE Russians call a silvan spirit ... The principal business of the silvan spirits is to guard the forest. ..."

4. Y Cymmrodor, Embodying the Transactions of the Cymmrodorion Society of London by Robert Jones, Thomas Powel (1877)
"D. silvan Evans deserves our best thanks for editing the works of leuan ... Each a master in our Cymric tongue, we could almost wish that Mr. silvan Evans ..."

5. John Graves Simcoe by Duncan Campbell Scott (1905)
"CHAPTER XA silvan COURT WHEN the Triton sailed away from Wey- mouth in the autumn of 1791, she bore with her the beginnings of the viceregal court for Upper ..."

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