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Meanings of sylphid in English

A mythological creature associated with the element of air.

Usage of sylphid in English
1
A nymph must rise from the stream, a sylphid from the rose, before I could allow another to steal you from my side.
Lucretia — Volume 05
2
In your case, the man who gives us Eve and Sylphid is an enragé, a fanatic-for-real.
The Guardian
3
But Eve is simply a pitiful woman and Sylphid is a pampered, wicked fat girl with a bison hump.
The Guardian
Sylphid through the time