sylph

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noun

Plural noun:

sylphs

1.
(mythology) An invisible being of the air.
Đồng nghĩa: sylphid
2.
The elemental being of air, usually female.
3.
(broadly)(by extension) A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people.
4.
(ornithology) Any of the mainly dark green and blue hummingbirds (genus Aglaiocercus), the male of which has a long forked tail.

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sylphid

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sylphic sylphish sylphlike sylphy sylvan savageSilvanussylvan see for more terms

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First attested in 1657. From sylphes, coined by Paracelsus in the 16th century. The coinage may derive from Latin sylvestris (of the woods) and nympha (nymph). Ultimately from the root silva (woods, forest). Related to sylvan.