sylph
1 of 1noun/sɪlf/
Forms:sylphs
1
an elegant woman with a slender figure
- The model was a sylph in her flowing gown.
- He described her as a sylph with luminous eyes.
2
a spirit that is imagined to live in the air
- The poet wrote of a sylph guiding the winds.
- Legends tell of sylphs dancing in the clouds.
- The painting showed a sylph drifting through the sky.
- In the story, a sylph whispered secrets to the hero.
- The ballet featured a graceful sylph as its main character.