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< sylph
sylva >
sylph·id
(s
l
f
d)
KEY
NOUN:
A young or diminutive sylph.
ADJECTIVE:
Relating to or resembling a sylph.
ETYMOLOGY:
French
sylphide
, from
sylphe
,
sylph
, from New Latin
sylpha
; see
sylph
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