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Webster 1913 Edition
Sylph
Sylph
,Noun.
[F.
sylphe
, m., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a kind of grub, beetle, or moth; – so called by Paracelsus.] 1.
An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.
2.
Fig.: A slender, graceful woman.
3.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of very brilliant South American humming birds, having a very long and deeply-forked tail;
as, the blue-tailed
. sylph
(Cynanthus cyanurus
)Webster 1828 Edition
Sylph
SYLPH
,Noun.