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sylphic

English

Etymology

sylph +? -ic

Adjective

sylphic (comparative more sylphic, superlative most sylphic)

  1. of or pertaining to a sylph
  2. slender and graceful

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sylphid

English

Etymology

From French sylphide. See sylph.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?s?lf?d/

Noun

sylphid (plural sylphids)

  1. (poetic) A young or little sylph.
    • 1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay

Further reading

  • sylphid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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