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sylphids

sylphids is the plural 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

Questions about sylphids

What is sylphids the plural of?
Sylphids is the plural of sylphid.

Words near sylphids in the dictionary

  1. sylphic
  2. sylphid
  3. sylphide
  4. sylphides
  5. sylphidic
  6. sylphids
  7. sylphine
  8. sylphish
  9. sylphlike
  10. sylphs
  11. sylphy

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