Definitions for sylph
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sylphnoun

   a slender graceful young woman

2. sylphnoun

   an elemental being believed to inhabit the air

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sylphnoun

   A wood nymph.

2. sylphnoun

   The elemental being of air, usually female.

3. sylphnoun

   A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people.

4. Etymology: First attested in 1657. From sylphes, coined by Paracelsus in the 16th century. The coinage may derive from sylva and nympha.

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1. Sylph

   A sylph (also called sylphid) is an air spirit stemming from the 16th-century works of Paracelsus, who describes sylphs as (invisible) beings of the air, his elementals of air. A significant number of subsequent literary and occult works have been inspired by Paracelsus's concept: Robert Alfred Vaughan noted that "the wild but poetical fantasies" of Paracelsus had probably exercised a larger influence over his age and the subsequent one than is generally supposed, particularly on the Rosicrucians, but that through the 18th century they had become reduced to "machinery for the playwright" and "opera figurantes with wings of gauze and spangles".

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1. sylph

   A sylph is a mythological air spirit or creature, often depicted as a transparent, ethereal or angel-like being. The term originates from the 16th century works of Paracelsus, who described sylphs as invisible beings of the air. It is also used in some literary or poetic contexts to represent a graceful woman or girl.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sylphnoun

   an imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy

2. Sylphnoun

   fig.: A slender, graceful woman

3. Sylphnoun

   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)

4. Etymology: [F. sylphe, m., fr. Gr. a kind of grub, beetle, or moth; -- so called by Paracelsus.]

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1. Sylph

   Sylph is a mythological creature in the Western tradition. The term originates in Paracelsus, who describes sylphs as invisible beings of the air, his elementals of air. There is no known substantial mythos associated with them.

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1. Sylph

   silf, n. one of the elemental spirits of the air, intermediate between immaterial and material beings, occasionally holding intercourse with human creatures: a fairy.—n. Sylph′id, a little sylph.—adjs. Sylph′ine, Sylph′ish. [Fr. sylphe, of Celtic origin; but cf. Gr. silphē, a kind of beetle.]

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1. • Imaginary Being
   • Woman

How to pronounce sylph?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say sylph in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sylph in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sylph in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sylph
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sylph
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylph
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sylph
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sylph
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=sylph