SYLVAN


Meaning of SYLVAN in English

(also silvan )

■ adjective chiefly literary consisting of or associated with woods; wooded.

↘pleasantly rural or pastoral.

Origin

C16 (as noun denoting an inhabitant of the woods): from Fr. sylvain or L. Silvanus 'woodland deity', from silva 'a wood'.

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