Definition of Sylph

1. Noun. A slender graceful young woman.

Generic synonyms: Adult Female, Woman

2. Noun. An elemental being believed to inhabit the air.

Definition of Sylph

1. n. An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.

Definition of Sylph

1. Noun. A wood nymph. ¹

2. Noun. The elemental being of air, usually female. ¹

3. Noun. A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people. ¹

4. Noun. A mainly dark green and blue hummingbird, the male of which has a long forked tail. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sylph

1. a slender, graceful girl or woman [n -S] : SYLPHIC, SYLPHISH, SYLPHY [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sylph

syllogism
syllogisms
syllogismus
syllogist
syllogistic
syllogistical
syllogistically
syllogists
syllogization
syllogize
syllogized
syllogizer
syllogizers
syllogizes
syllogizing
sylph (current term)
sylphic
sylphid
sylphide
sylphides
sylphids
sylphier
sylphiest
sylphine
sylphish
sylphlike
sylphs
sylphy
sylva
sylvae

Literary usage of Sylph

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

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"A diminutive of sylph. Also spelled sylphide, and sometimes used adjectively. ... Resembling a sylph; graceful; slender: as, it sylph-like form. ..."

2. The Best Psychic Stories edited by Joseph Lewis French (1920)
"I paused, highly pleased at the encounter, and the sylph—for it was a sylph ... I asked the sylph, and she pointed below to a trench which spoke loud its ..."

3. The Best Psychic Stories by Joseph Lewis French (1920)
"I paused, highly pleased at the encounter, and the sylph—for it was a sylph ... I asked the sylph, and she pointed below to a trench which spoke loud its ..."

4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"A diminutive of sylph. Also spelled sylphide, and sometimes used adjectively. ... Resembling a sylph; graceful; slender: as, it sylph-like form. ..."

5. The Best Psychic Stories edited by Joseph Lewis French (1920)
"I paused, highly pleased at the encounter, and the sylph—for it was a sylph ... I asked the sylph, and she pointed below to a trench which spoke loud its ..."

6. The Best Psychic Stories by Joseph Lewis French (1920)
"I paused, highly pleased at the encounter, and the sylph—for it was a sylph ... I asked the sylph, and she pointed below to a trench which spoke loud its ..."

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