[ sɪlf ]
■ noun
1》 an imaginary spirit of the air.
2》 a slender woman or girl.
3》 a mainly dark green and blue hummingbird with a long forked tail. [Genera Aglaiocercus and Neolesbia .]
Derivatives
~like adjective
Origin
C17: from mod. L. ~es , ~i and the Ger. plural Sylphen , perh. based on L. sylvestris 'of the woods' + nympha 'nymph'.