sylph
noun/sɪlf/
/sɪlf/
- an imaginary spirit
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- a girl or woman who is thin and attractiveTopics Appearancec2
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from modern Latin sylphes, sylphi and the German plural Sylphen, perhaps based on Latin sylvestris ‘of the woods’ + nympha ‘nymph’.
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