Meaning & use
Sylphs
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Mythical elemental spirits believed to inhabit and personify the air, or, by extension, slender, graceful women.
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In the old fairy tale, sylphs danced through the treetops on the evening breeze.
The ballet dancers moved across the stage like sylphs.
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The term was introduced by the 16th-century alchemist Paracelsus as part of his system of elemental spirits, alongside gnomes, undines, and salamanders.
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