2. Adjective. slender and graceful ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sylphic
1. sylph [adj] - See also: sylph
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sylphic
Literary usage of Sylphic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1837)
"... that had witnessed the first kiss of love ; ay, and, for aught I knew to the
contrary, the identical flower-pot on which her sylphic form had rested ..."
2. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1837)
"... that had witnessed the first kiss of love; ay, and for aught I knew to the
contrary, the identical flower-pot on which her sylphic form had rested; ..."
3. The Bivouac, Or, Stories of the Peninsular War by William Hamilton Maxwell (1837)
"... that had witnessed the first kiss of love; ay, and for aught I knew to the
contrary, the identical flower-pot on which her sylphic form had rested; ..."
4. Thesaurus of English words and phrases by Peter Mark Roget, Samuel Romilly Roget (1879)
"Adj. fairy-, sylph-like ; sylphic. 980. Demon.—ИГ. demon, -rv. logy ; vil; mon,
incubus, Frankenstein's monster, succubus and succuba, Titan, ..."
5. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1837)
"... that had witnessed the first kiss of love ; ay, and, for aught I knew to the
contrary, the identical flower-pot on which her sylphic form had rested ..."
6. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1837)
"... that had witnessed the first kiss of love; ay, and for aught I knew to the
contrary, the identical flower-pot on which her sylphic form had rested; ..."
7. The Bivouac, Or, Stories of the Peninsular War by William Hamilton Maxwell (1837)
"... that had witnessed the first kiss of love; ay, and for aught I knew to the
contrary, the identical flower-pot on which her sylphic form had rested; ..."
8. Thesaurus of English words and phrases by Peter Mark Roget, Samuel Romilly Roget (1879)
"Adj. fairy-, sylph-like ; sylphic. 980. Demon.—ИГ. demon, -rv. logy ; vil; mon,
incubus, Frankenstein's monster, succubus and succuba, Titan, ..."
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