sylph
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9.9
- noun
- /sɪlf/
- Archaic
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sílphide
- Great kid, he was crazy for her, said she reminded him of Cora, called her a sylph.
- sylph-like
Examples
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"Seraphina is a sylph, one of the elementals who rule the Air.
Blog text (5) -
Almost a... sylph.
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My dear, because the book was saved, the sylph allowed me to come see you, but I cannot stay.
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So without the Boy Wonder, my sylph-like friend?
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Why, man, she's an angel, a sylph.
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Lively may be a 24-year-old sylph with a closetful of Louboutins, but she can act, even if the reviewers are loath to admit it.
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By the time she finished, the silver service, the candelabra, and all the useless wedding bonbons gleamed as bright as stars, taking her back to her old self, the sylph who had danced around the table laden with wedding gifts for her and John, so happy, expecting so much from life.
Fiction book (2001) -
Even if Abbott and Costello were having a vacation of sorts from each other, it's still fun to see the boys getting laughs from other members of the cast, like our favorite sinister sylph Gale Sondergaard! :)
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With her delicate features and graceful movements, she resembled a sylph as she danced across the stage.
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The model's long, slender figure and ethereal presence made her the perfect embodiment of a sylph in the fashion show.
Synonyms
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8.2
A female spirit of nature often shown as a young beautiful woman
How Graceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sylph comes from a name first used in the 1500s for a spirit of the 'air'. So calling a woman a sylph suggests she is very light, slim, and graceful, almost like wind made into a person.