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1. (n.) sylph
a slender, graceful woman or girl.
2. sylph
(orig. in the writings of Paracelsus) any of a group of elemental beings, female and mortal, but soulless, that inhabit the air.
Etymology: (1650–60; < NL sylphēs (pl.))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) sylph
a slender graceful young woman
2. (noun) sylph
an elemental being believed to inhabit the air
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1. (noun) sylph
an imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy
2. (noun) sylph
fig.: A slender, graceful woman
3. (noun) sylph
any one of several species of very brilliant South American humming birds, having a very long and deeply-forked tail; as, the blue-tailed sylph (Cynanthus cyanurus)
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