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View synonyms for sylvan
sylvan
or sil·van
[ sil-vuhn ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or inhabiting the woods.
- consisting of or abounding in woods or trees; wooded; woody:
a shady, sylvan glade.
- made of trees, branches, boughs, etc.
noun
- a person dwelling in a woodland region.
- a mythical deity or spirit of the woods.
sylvan
/ ˈsɪlvən /
adjective
- of, characteristic of, or consisting of woods or forests
- living or located in woods or forests
- idyllically rural or rustic
noun
- an inhabitant of the woods, esp a spirit
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sylvan1
C16: from Latin silvānus, from silva forest
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Example Sentences
Sylvan scenes, with a dash of human savagery in the foreground, form the best relief for a too-extended assimilation of books.
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Thatcher has filled me amply with expensive urban food in this sylvan retreat—nectar and ambrosia.
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Michael turned out of the noisy main road into the sylvan urbanity of Holland Walk.
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Suddenly you jut round an enormous rock, and find yourself in a river of still more sylvan gentleness than the Avon.
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Dearer than all these to me,” he says about our other valleys, “is sylvan Tweed.
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