Meaning & use
sylph
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A slender, graceful woman or girl; originally, an imaginary spirit of the air in folklore.
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The ballerina moved across the stage like a sylph, light and weightless.
In old folklore, a sylph was said to inhabit the upper air, invisible to human eyes.
A note on using this word
Mostly used today as a literary compliment describing someone slim and graceful, rather than in its original mythological sense.
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