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syl⋅van
[sil-vuh
n] 
–adjective
| 1. | of, pertaining to, or inhabiting the woods. |
| 2. | consisting of or abounding in woods or trees; wooded; woody: a shady, sylvan glade. |
| 3. | made of trees, branches, boughs, etc. |
–noun
| 4. | a person dwelling in a woodland region. |
| 5. | a mythical deity or spirit of the woods. |
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| syl·van also sil·van (sĭl'vən) adj.
[Medieval Latin sylvānus, from Latin Silvānus, god of the woods, from silva, forest.] |
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Sylvan
Syl"van\, a. [See Silvan, a.]1. Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic. The traditional memory of a rural and a sylvan region . . . is usually exact as well as tenacious. --De Quincey. 2. Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.Sylvan
Syl"van\, n. [L. Sylvanus, better Silvanus. See Silvan, a.] A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic. Her private orchards, walled on every side, To lawless sylvans all access denied. --Pope.Sylvan
Syl"van\, n. [Sylva + furfuran.] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran.
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sylvan
1565, "deity of the woods," from M.Fr. sylvain, from L. silvanus "pertaining to wood or forest" (originally only in silvanæ "goddesses of the woods"), from silva "wood, forest, grove," of unknown origin. Adj. meaning "of the woods" is attested from 1580. Silvanus was used by the Romans as the proper name of a god of woods and fields, identified with Pan. Spelling with -y- infl. by Gk. hyle "forest," from which the L. word was supposed to derive.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Sylvan
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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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