sylphy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sylph +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

sylphy (comparative more sylphy, superlative most sylphy)

  1. (obsolete, rare, poetic) sylphlike
    • 1891, Wilson Armistead, Tales and Legends of the English Lakes, page 166:
      So swift, so sylphy held the chace.