Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sylph"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sylph
n 1: a slender graceful young woman
2: an elemental being believed to inhabit the air
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