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sylphid

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sylph⋅id

  [sil-fid]
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–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; < F sylphide. See sylph, -id 1
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sylph·id   (sĭl'fĭd)   
n.  A young or diminutive sylph.
adj.  Relating to or resembling a sylph.

[French sylphide, from sylphe, sylph, from New Latin sylpha; see sylph.]
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