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Definition of Sylvan
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 Sylvan
1. a. Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.
2. n. A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.
3. n. A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran.
Definition of Sylvan
1. Adjective. pertaining to the forest, or woodlands ¹
2. Adjective. residing in a forest or wood ¹
3. Adjective. wooded, or covered in forest ¹
4. Noun. One that resides in the woods. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sylvan
1. one that lives in a forest [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sylvan
Literary usage of Sylvan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1860)
"This was the ultimate peculiarity, the final touch, distinguishing between the
sylvan creature and the beautiful companion at his side. ..."
2. Poems by Belle Richardson Harrison (1898)
"You may hit her with a brick, You may pound her with a stick, Yet all the same—
When the trees put on their green, Then the sylvan year is queen, ..."
3. The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1860)
"This was the ultimate peculiarity, the final touch, distinguishing between the
sylvan creature and the beautiful companion at his side. ..."
4. Poems by Belle Richardson Harrison (1898)
"You may hit her with a brick, You may pound her with a stick, Yet all the same—
When the trees put on their green, Then the sylvan year is queen, ..."
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