sylphide
/sˈɪlfɪd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "When nobody was near, our little Sylphide, who scarcely ate at dinner more than the six grains of rice of Amina … was most active with her knife and fork, and consumed a very substantial portion of mutton cutlets …"
- "William Sharp had the fleeting part of Zulim, and Ah Young Hong showed a lovely voice with round, soft low notes and a sugar-sweet top as a nymph and a sylphide."