MEANING
An elemental spirit associated with air in the tradition of Paracelsus.
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personified air; intangible messengers; elemental beingsMake air act with intention while retaining its lightness and movement.
Words that belong together
- airy sylph
- sylph of the wind
- summon a sylph
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The sylph carried her words across the gorge.
A trapped sylph rattled the bell without touching it.
He offered the sylph an open window, not a cage.
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Primary category: fantasy. Also figuratively a slender, graceful woman; that human sense can sound dated or objectifying and is not intended here. Noun: sylph; plural sylphs.
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