Sylph

[Sylph]

A sylph is a lovely, slim young woman or girl. You could describe a row of graceful ballerinas as sylphs.

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An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.

Noun
an elemental being believed to inhabit the air

Noun
a slender graceful young woman

n.
An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.

n.
Fig.: A slender, graceful woman.

n.
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).

Sylph

Sylph , n. [F. sylphe, m., fr. Gr. a kind of grub, beetle, or moth; -- so called by Paracelsus.] 1. An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy. 2. Fig.: A slender, graceful woman. 3. (Zo'94l.) 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).

An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.

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