Sylvan
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɪl.vən/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Sylvan is an adjective meaning Pertaining to the forest, or woodlands.
Meaning
Pertaining to the forest, or woodlands.
More Meanings
- Residing in a forest or wood.
- Wooded, or covered in forest.
- One who resides in the woods.
- (mythology) A fabled deity of the wood; a faun, a satyr.
Example Sentences
Now, my Sacontalá, you are becomingly decorated: put on this lower veſt, the gift of ſylvan goddeſſes.
Over the course of the nineteenth century, an entity known as the 'German forest' arose out of Central Europe's sylvan diversity.
Broke by the jutting Land, on either ſide: / In double Streams the briny Waters glide. / Betwixt two rows of Rocks, a Sylvan Scene / Appears above, and Groves for ever green: […]
We were now within the boundaries of Minnesota, and this prairie was yet the habitation of Wapasha (Red Leaf) and his Sioux band. I never beheld a more charming silvan picture than this prairie presented; […]
Word Forms
- sylvans
Synonyms for sylvan
Depending on context, synonyms include grovy, wooded, silvan.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wooded, silvan, sylvatic, anthrosylvan, selvatic, woodsy.
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