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sylph
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[sɪlf], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an imaginary spirit of the air
- a mainly dark green and blue hummingbird, the male of which has a long forked tail
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Origin
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mid 17th century: from modern Latin sylphes, sylphi and the German plural Sylphen, perhaps based on Latin sylvestris ‘of the woods’ + nympha ‘nymph’
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