sylphid
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of sylphid
From the French word sylphide, dating back to 1670–80. See sylph, -id 1
Example Sentences
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“Your fairy, the one you call Whisper, has taken care of it for your sake,” said the sister sylphid.
From Fairy Book by May, Sophie
"You got the littlest waist I ever seen," reciprocated Lulu, regarding Lilly's sylphid figure with admiring eyes.
From Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole by Hurst, Fannie
The twilight gray is falling, Now list and you shall hear The footsteps of the sylphid fays,-- This is their hour of cheer.
From Mother Truth's Melodies Common Sense For Children by Miller, Mrs. E. P.
It is not among the cardboard glades of the King's Theatre, nor, indeed, behind any footlights, but in a real and twilit garden that Grisi, gimp-waisted sylphid, here skips for posterity.
From Yet Again by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
One seems to be in fairyland, and looks about for the figure of a sylphid floating upon a gossamer cloud, or a group of fairy revelers tripping upon the blossom-covered ground.
From The Pearl of India by Ballou, Maturin Murray
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