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

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

In me thy spouse and servant see, To silvan hall I’ll usher thee; Thy bed shall be the leaves heaped high, Thy organ’s note the cuckoo’s cry.

From The Brother Avenged and Other Ballads by Borrow, George Henry

Or does some mighty beast of prey Frighten the silvan herds away?

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

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

When Storrs and I rode into that silvan camp, on that bright October morning, there were less than 100 men "present for duty" including not a single field officer.

From Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War by Kidd, James Harvey