sylphish
World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | a slender graceful girl or young woman |
| 2. | any of a class of imaginary beings assumed to inhabit the air |
| [C17: from New Latin sylphus, probably coined from Latin silva wood + Greek numphē | |
| 'sylphlike | |
| —adj | |
| 'sylphic | |
| —adj | |
| 'sylphish | |
| —adj | |
| 'sylphy | |
| —adj | |
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