sylphid

sylphid
/sil"fid/, n.
1. a little or young sylph.
adj.
2. Also, sylphidine /sil"fi din, -duyn'/. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sylph.
[1670-80; < F sylphide. See SYLPH, -ID1]

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