sylphic
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sylphic — sylph·ic … English syllables
sylphic — fik adjective : of, relating to, or resembling a sylph … Useful english dictionary
sylph — sylphic, adj. sylphlike, adj. /silf/, n. 1. a slender, graceful woman or girl. 2. (in folklore) one of a race of supernatural beings supposed to inhabit the air. [1650 60; < NL sylphes (pl.), coined by Paracelsus; appar. b. sylva (var. sp. of L… … Universalium
Jupiter — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Jupiter >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 god god goddess Sgm: N 1 heathen gods and goddesses heathen gods and goddesses Sgm: N 1 deva deva Sgm: N 1 Jupiter Jupiter Jove &c.??? pantheon G … English dictionary for students
Morgen (mythological creature) — Morgens, Morgans or Mari Morgans are Welsh and Breton water spirits that drown men. They may lure men to their death by their own sylphic beauty, or with glimpses of underwater gardens with buildings of gold or crystal. They are also blamed for… … Wikipedia
lithe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lissome, supple, limber, flexible; spry, slender, willowy, sylphic, svelte. See softness, elasticity. Ant., stiff. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. supple, pliant, pliable; see agile , flexible 1 . III… … English dictionary for students
slender — adj 1. slim, thin, thin as a rail, reedy, stalky, twiggy, like a pipestem, narrow, narrow as an arrow; spare, lanky, lean; slight, wispy. 2. gracile, willowy, svelte, lissome, lithe, sylphic, sylphlike; wasp waisted, with an hourglass figure,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
willowy — adj lithe, lithesome, Archaic. lithy, lissome, supple, limber, flexible, flexile, pliant, ductile, fictile, bendable; loose limbed, loose; gracile, slender, svelte, sylphic, sylphlike; slim, reedy, thin, stalky, twiggy, skinny, nothing but skin… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
sylph — /sɪlf / (say silf) noun 1. a slender, graceful, lightly moving woman or girl. 2. one of a race of imaginary beings, supposedly inhabiting the air. {New Latin sylphes (plural), coined by Paracelsus, 1493?–1541; ? blend of Latin sylvestris of the… …
sylph — n. spirit of air; slim girl. ♦ sylphic, ♦ sylphid, a … Dictionary of difficult words
