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Definition of Sylphs

Sylph
Sylph Sylph, n. [F. sylphe, m., fr. Gr. ? a kind of grub, beetle, or moth; -- so called by Paracelsus.] 1. An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy. 2. Fig.: A slender, graceful woman. 3. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of very brilliant South American humming birds, having a very long and deeply-forked tail; as, the blue-tailed sylph (Cynanthus cyanurus).

Meaning of Sylphs from wikipedia

- A sylph (also called sylphid) is an air spirit stemming from the 16th-century works of Paracelsus, who describes sylphs as (invisible) beings of the air...
- includes: Long-tailed sylph Violet-tailed sylph Venezuelan sylph The skipper butterfly genus Metisella which are called sylphs The dragonfly genus Macrothemis...
- Sylphes is the second album by gothic rock band Corpus Delicti. v t e...
- followers, there are four categories of elementals, which are gnomes, undines, sylphs, and salamanders. These correspond to the four Empedoclean elements of antiquity:...
- the book and that, for eighty years, Arthur has been held captive by the sylphs. At that moment, Redcap and his goblins attack them through the window and...
- The Sylph is a 1778 novel by Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. It was her second printed work and was published anonymously under the name 'A...
- Several ships have been named Sylph, for the Sylph, a mythological creature in western tradition. Sylph (1791 ship) was launched at Whitby. She made one...
- A Book on Nymphs, Sylphs, Pygmies, and Salamanders, and on the Other Spirits (Latin: Ex Libro de Nymphis, Sylvanis, Pygmaeis, Salamandris et Gigantibus...
- system of "sylphs", or guardian spirits of virgins, a parodised version of the gods and goddesses of conventional epic. Pope derived his sylphs from the...
- USS Sylph may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Sylph (1813) was launched on 18 August 1813 and sold in 1824 USS Sylph (1831)...