sylph in Spanish

sylph in Spanish

What does "sylph" mean?

1. noun A spirit believed to live in the air, invisible to human eyes.
   "Necromancy meant originally the conjuring up the souls of the dead, and later included the conjuring of all sorts of inhuman spirits such as sylphs, giants, and djinn."
2. noun A spirit associated with the element of air, typically female.
3. noun A slim woman or girl, typically graceful, sometimes suggesting she is of a more exalted standing than ordinary people.
4. noun A hummingbird, mostly dark green and blue, whose male has a long, forked tail.

sylph in a sentence

• Necromancy meant originally the conjuring up the souls of the dead, and later included the conjuring of all sorts of inhuman spirits such as sylphs, giants, and djinn.

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