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Definition of Sylphid
1. n. A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph.
Definition of Sylphid
1. Noun. (poetic) A young or little sylph. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sylphid
1. a young sylph [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sylphid
Literary usage of Sylphid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anthology of Russian Literature from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Leo Wiener (1903)
"However, the house of the sylphid, to be sternly critical about the style,
resembled somewhat a hole in a tree. The grasshopper was so charmed, ..."
2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1801)
"The papers published under the na^ne of The sylphid are light and pleasing, and
must have formed an agreeable contrast with the trifling insipid wit of a ..."
3. Anthology of Russian Literature from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Leo Wiener (1903)
"However, the house of the sylphid, to be sternly critical about the style,
resembled somewhat a hole in a tree. The grasshopper was so charmed, ..."
4. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1801)
"The papers published under the na^ne of The sylphid are light and pleasing, and
must have formed an agreeable contrast with the trifling insipid wit of a ..."
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