silvan

American  

[sil-vuhn] / ˈsɪl vən /

adjective

1. sylvan.

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silvan British  

/ ˈsɪlvən /

adjective

1. a variant spelling of sylvan

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Other Word Forms

• silvanity
  noun

Example Sentences

In the hills we had no common sport,    With our dogs and our arms many deer we slew; When at noon we return’d to our silvan court,    We were a well-pleas’d, laughing crew.

From King Hacon's Death and Bran and the Black Dog two ballads by Borrow, George Henry

This relic of antiquity was discovered near Roxburgh Castle, and a vicinity more delightfully appropriate to the abode of the silvan deities can hardly be found.

From Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Scott, Walter, Sir

After a short parley, however, she carries him to a woody island, where she leads him into a sort of silvan mansion, rudely constructed, and hung round with trophies of war and the chase.

From Lady of the Lake by Moody, William Vaughn

On each side of the high mantelpiece stood two antique chairs of oak, solid as silvan thrones, and in one of these sat a lady.

From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte

Then she began to gather sticks, and little branches, and strips of birch bark, and other silvan combustibles, which she found scattered about the ground, and put them upon the coals to make the fire.

From Mary Erskine by Abbott, Jacob