sylphid

[sil-fid]

noun

1. a little or young sylph.

adjective

1. Also sylphidine of, relating to, or characteristic of a sylph.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sylphid¹

From the French word sylphide, dating back to 1670–80. See sylph, -id ¹

Example Sentences

Some critics found unflattering parallels to Ms. Bloom and her daughter in the characters Eve Frame and her daughter, Sylphid, in “I Married a Communist.”

From New York Times

In your case, the man who gives us Eve and Sylphid is an enragé, a fanatic-for-real.

From The Guardian

But Eve is simply a pitiful woman and Sylphid is a pampered, wicked fat girl with a bison hump.

From The Guardian

He marries Eve Frame, a one-time star of silent films, then Broadway and now radio, and moves into her elegant Greenwich Village townhouse, where Sylphid, Eve's 23-year-old daughter from a former marriage, also resides.

From Time Magazine Archive

"You got the littlest waist I ever seen," reciprocated Lulu, regarding Lilly's sylphid figure with admiring eyes.

From Project Gutenberg