sylph

Plural: sylphs

Noun

A slender, graceful woman or girl, often imagined as an air spirit.
a slender graceful young woman
an elemental being believed to inhabit the air
An invisible being of the air.
The elemental being of air, usually female.
A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people.
Any of the mainly dark green and blue hummingbirds (genus Aglaiocercus), the male of which has a long forked tail.

Examples

Her graceful play of SYLPH seemed to float effortlessly onto the double letter score.

Origin / Etymology

First attested in 1657. From New Latin sylphes, coined by Paracelsus in the 16th century. The coinage may derive from Latin sylvestris (“of the woods”) and nympha (“nymph”). Ultimately from the root silva (“woods, forest”). Related to sylvan.
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Synonyms

sylphid

Scrabble Score: 13

sylph: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
sylph: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sylph: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

sylph: valid Words With Friends Word