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sylphid

Noun CEFR B1
ˈsɪlfɪd

Definitions

A young or little sylph.

poetic

Equivalents

Españolsílfide
Françaissylphide
DeutschSylphide
6 more languages
Ελληνικάσυλφίδα
Italianosilfide
Polskisylfida
Portuguêssílfide
Românăsilfidă
Русскийсильфи́да

Examples

“Ye sylphs and sylphids, to your chief give ear.”
“He insisted on it, and Lucilia, at length, placed her elegant foot on his hand, and darted so nimbly on horseback, that all her motions gave the idea of one of those sylphids, which imagination paints to us in such delicate colours.”
the palace of the sylphid queen

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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