sylphid
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of sylphid
From the French word sylphide, dating back to 1670–80. See sylph, -id 1
Example Sentences
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Some critics found unflattering parallels to Ms. Bloom and her daughter in the characters Eve Frame and her daughter, Sylphid, in “I Married a Communist.”
From New York Times
In your case, the man who gives us Eve and Sylphid is an enragé, a fanatic-for-real.
From The Guardian
But Eve is simply a pitiful woman and Sylphid is a pampered, wicked fat girl with a bison hump.
From The Guardian
He marries Eve Frame, a one-time star of silent films, then Broadway and now radio, and moves into her elegant Greenwich Village townhouse, where Sylphid, Eve's 23-year-old daughter from a former marriage, also resides.
From Time Magazine Archive
"You got the littlest waist I ever seen," reciprocated Lulu, regarding Lilly's sylphid figure with admiring eyes.
From Project Gutenberg
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