SYLPHIC

sylphlike, sylphic

(adjective) (of a woman or girl) slender and graceful like a sylph

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

sylphic (comparative more sylphic, superlative most sylphic)

of or pertaining to a sylph

slender and graceful

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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