Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь - sylph
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n. 1 an elemental spirit of the air. 2 a slender graceful woman or girl. 3 any humming-bird of the genus Aglaiocercus with a long forked tail. Derivatives sylphlike adj. Etymology: mod.L sylphes, G Sylphen (pl.), perh. based on L sylvestris of the woods + nympha nymph ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun Etymology: New Latin ~us Date: 1657 1. an elemental being in the theory of Paracelsus that inhabits air 2. a slender graceful woman or girl • ~like adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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~ n 1 an attractively thin and graceful girl or woman 2 an imaginary female spirit that, according to ancient stories lived in the air ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1657, from Mod.L. sylphes (pl.), coined 16c. by Paracelsus, originally referring to any race of spirits inhabiting the air, described as being mortal but lacking a soul. The meaning "slender, graceful girl" first recorded 1838, on the notion of "light, airy movements." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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