ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sylphid

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈsɪlfɪd/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Sylphid is a noun meaning (poetic, mythology) A young or little sylph.

Meaning

(poetic, mythology) A young or little sylph.

Example Sentences

the palace of the sylphid queen
Ye sylphs and sylphids, to your chief give ear.
He insisted on it, and Lucilia, at length, placed her elegant foot on his hand, and darted so nimbly on horseback, that all her motions gave the idea of one of those sylphids, which imagination paints to us in such delicate colours.

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Related dictionary entries include sylphide, sylph, pixie, nymph, nymphette, spiritling.

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