silvan

See also: Silvan

English

Etymology 1

See sylvan.

Adjective

silvan (comparative more silvan, superlative most silvan)

1. Alternative spelling of sylvan.
   • 1806, Virgil, “Æneis, Book I”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil, Translated into English Verse [...] A New Edition; with Remarks on the “Corrections” of Dr. [John] Carey, new edition, volume II, London: Printed for J. Johnson [et al.], →OCLC, lines 231–234:

     Broke by the jutting land, on either side, / In double streams the briny waters glide, / Betwixt two rows of rocks: a silvan scene / Appears above, and groves for ever green: […]

   • 1853 July, [Benson John Lossing], “Sketches on the Upper Mississippi”, in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume VII, number XXXVIII, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, publishers, 329 & 331 Pearl Street, Franklin Square, →OCLC, page 182, column 2:

     We were now within the boundaries of Minnesota, and this prairie was yet the habitation of Wapasha (Red Leaf) and his Sioux band. I never beheld a more charming silvan picture than this prairie presented; […]

Related terms

• silvicolous
• silviculture

See also

• arboreal
• nemorous

Etymology 2

See sylvanium.

Noun

silvan (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, obsolete) tellurium

Anagrams

• Lavins, Slavin, anvils