Sylphish
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Resembling or characteristic of a sylph; sylphlike. archaic
"All these on a neck of snow slight-tinged with rose-bloom, and within it royal Life: amidst the blaze of lustres ; in sylphish movements, espiegleries, coquetries, and minuet-mazes[.]"
Example
More examples"All these on a neck of snow slight-tinged with rose-bloom, and within it royal Life: amidst the blaze of lustres ; in sylphish movements, espiegleries, coquetries, and minuet-mazes[.]"
Etymology
From sylph + -ish.
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