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sylphide

sylphide is the alternative spelling of sylphid.

Meaning of sylphid

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

Forms of sylphide

pluralsylphides

Questions about sylphide

What is sylphide the alternative spelling of?
Sylphide is the alternative spelling of sylphid.

Words near sylphide in the dictionary

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

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