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sylphs

sylphs is the plural of sylph.

Meaning of sylph

Noun

sylph (plural sylphs)

  1. An invisible being of the air.
    • Her heart fluttered with expectation—her step was buoyant with hope, and she sprung into the carriage with the lightness of a sylph.1811, Mary Brunton, Self-Control
    Synonyms:
    sylphid
  2. The elemental being of air, usually female.
  3. (broadly) A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people.
  4. Any of the mainly dark green and blue hummingbirds (genus Aglaiocercus), the male of which has a long forked tail.

Questions about sylphs

What is sylphs the plural of?
Sylphs is the plural of sylph.

Words near sylphs in the dictionary

  1. sylphidic
  2. sylphids
  3. sylphine
  4. sylphish
  5. sylphlike
  6. sylphs
  7. sylphy
  8. Sylt
  9. Syltian
  10. syluer
  11. sylva

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