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Definition of sylvan adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sylvan

adjective
 
/ˈsɪlvən/
 
/ˈsɪlvən/
(literary)
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  1. connected with forests and trees
    • sylvan surroundings
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a noun denoting an inhabitant of the woods): from French sylvain or Latin Silvanus ‘woodland deity’, from silva ‘a wood’.
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