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sylph

(n): a slender graceful young woman
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about 1 year ago reesetee said:

No, it actually puts me in mind of silk and soft. Funny how that works, huh? :-)

about 1 year ago alguien said:

Really? It doesn't sound like silt+phlegm to you?

about 1 year ago reesetee said:

Hmm...I've always liked the word myself....

about 1 year ago alguien said:

Sylph sounds like it should be something disgusting, like the glop at the bottom of a polluted river.

about 1 year ago brtom said:

"... a tinsel sylph's diadem on her brow ..."
Joyce, Ulysses, 15

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