sylphid

sylph·id

[sil-fid]
noun
1.
a little or young sylph.
adjective
2.
Also, sylph·id·ine [sil-fi-din, -dahyn] . of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sylph.

Origin:
1670–80; < French sylphide. See sylph, -id1

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