sylph
/sɪlf/
noun
- A slender, graceful, and often tall woman or girl, especially one with a light, airy quality.
- The ballet dancer moved across the stage like a sylph, her every gesture effortless.
- She had the build of a sylph, tall and delicate, with a dancer's poise.
- In the fashion show, the models were all sylphs, gliding down the runway in flowing gowns.
- In folklore, a spirit or imaginary being that lives in the air.
- According to medieval legend, a sylph is an air spirit that can be seen dancing on the wind.
- The story described a sylph that would whisper secrets through the leaves of the forest.
- In the old tales, sylphs were invisible except when they chose to appear as shimmering lights.