sylph

Definitions


[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


Phrases:

Origin:
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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