sylphid

sylphid

English

Etymology

From French sylphide. See sylph.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪlfɪd/

Noun

sylphid (plural sylphids)

1. (poetic) A young or little sylph.
   • 1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay

     the palace of the sylphid queen

   • 1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], OCLC 228744960, canto II:

     Ye sylphs and sylphids, to your chief give ear.

Further reading

• sylphid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913