sylphidic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /sɪlˈfɪdɪk/
Etymology
From sylphid + -ic.
Meanings
-
Of or resembling a sylphid
These youths would have been called ephebic or even sylphidic at the humanist grammar schools of the time.
2022, Why Art Criticism? A Reader, page 400:A few lines from you would have erected a sylphidic bridge over the chasms that are part and parcel of any journey.
1994, The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin, 1910-1940, page 252:I understand he inturbidates your sylphidic hopes with his intinerating influence by inturbidating my vows to you.
1911, A Guide Into the South, page 33:This was a woman no longer young, not beautiful, and certainly not sylphidic.
1997, A History of European Folk Music, page 207:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most sylphidic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more sylphidic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
pt silfídico (Translations) · de sylphidisch (Translations) · ru сильфи́дский (Translations) · fr sylphidique (Translations)