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sylphid

/ˈsɪlfɪd/

sylphid noun: a young or little sylph.

Noun

sylphid (plural sylphids)

  1. (poetic) A young or little sylph.
    • Ye sylphs and sylphids, to your chief give ear.1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto II
    • 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.1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book XVII. Corinna in Scotland.] Chap[ter] VI.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume V, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by...

Forms of sylphid

pluralsylphids
alternative formsylphide

Origin of sylphid

From French sylphide. By surface analysis, sylph + -id.

Words formed from sylphid

Questions about sylphid

What does sylphid mean?
Sylphid means a young or little sylph.
What part of speech is sylphid?
Sylphid is a noun.
How do you pronounce sylphid?
Sylphid is pronounced /ˈsɪlfɪd/.
What is the plural of sylphid?
The plural of sylphid is sylphids.

Words near sylphid in the dictionary

  1. Sylotis
  2. Sylow theorem
  3. Sylow theorems
  4. sylph
  5. sylphic
  6. sylphid
  7. sylphide
  8. sylphides
  9. sylphidic
  10. sylphids
  11. sylphine

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