SYLPHISH

Etymology

Adjective

sylphish (comparative more sylphish, superlative most sylphish)

Resembling or characteristic of a sylph; sylphlike.

Source: Wiktionary


Sylph"ish, a.

Definition: Sylphlike. Carlyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

23 September 2024

CLEAN

(adjective) free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; “he landed a clean left on his opponent’s cheek”; “a clean throw”; “the neat exactness of the surgeon’s knife”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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