Sylph (Noun)
Meaning 1
A slender graceful young woman.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- She was a sylph of a girl, with a delicate face and a mop of curly brown hair.
- The fashion designer's latest muse was a sylph-like model with a wispy physique and ethereal beauty.
- The ballerina's sylph-like movements across the stage were a testament to her years of training and dedication.
- With her porcelain skin and slender limbs, she was a true sylph, as if she might vanish into thin air at any moment.
- The photographer sought out a sylph-like model to feature in his latest campaign, someone with a gentle, otherworldly quality.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
An elemental being believed to inhabit the air.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.