sylphish

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a sylph; sylphlike.

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Meanings

adjectivesylphish (comparative more sylphish, superlative most sylphish)

comparative more sylphish · superlative most sylphish

  1. archaicResembling or characteristic of a sylph; sylphlike.

    All these on a neck of snow slight-tinged with rose-bloom, and within it royal Life: amidst the blaze of lustres ; in sylphish movements, espiegleries, coquetries, and minuet-mazes[.]

    1837, Thomas Carlyle, “The Diamond Necklace”, in Fraser's Magazine

Origin

From sylph + -ish.

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APA

sylphish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sylphish

MLA

“sylphish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sylphish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sylphish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sylphish.

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