10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SYLPHLIKE»
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sylphlike in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Oxford Dictionary of English
from modern Latin sylphes, sylphi and the German plural Sylphen, perhaps
based on Latin sylvestris 'of the woods' + nympha 'nymph'. sylphlike 7adjective (
of a woman or girl) slender and graceful: his arm curled around her sylphlike
waist.
2
Judy, Or the London Serio-comic Journal
I adore the sweet sex— at least, all of them who are -Esthetic and Ethereal,
Sylphlike, Swanlike, and Floaty. From all such I was, and still am, open to offers. I
am a being all Soul and Sentiment ; I doat on High Art, Shaks- p e a r e , and the ...
3
Judy, or, The London serio-comic journal, ed. by C.H. Ross
A Romance of the Co-operative Stores. I am an ^Esthetic and an Eligible
bachelor. I adore the sweet sex— at least, all of them who are JEathetic and
Ethereal, Sylphlike, Swanlike, and Floaty. From all such I was, and still am, open
to offers.
4
The Magick of Faeries: Working with the Spirits of Nature
Sylphlike. Beings. In Italy and Mexico, the folletti (plural also for male and female)
and the male counterparts, the folletto, resemble mischievous six-year-old
children when earthbound. They are very slight with backward-pointing feet and
are ...
5
Outing; Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction
These, with my white shirt waist and my Panama hat worn well over my eyes,
should have given me a real sylphlike appearance. Flippantly I tossed six dollars
— five for the mule and one for the lunch, which should be reversed—— across
the ...
6
Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction
These, with my white shirt waist and my Panama hat worn well over my eyes,
should have given me a real sylphlike appearance. Flippantly I tossed six dollars
—— five for the mule and one for the lunch, Which should be reversed— across
the ...
Lieutenant D'Hubert made his unabashed way across the room, and bowing low
before a sylphlike form on a couch, offered his apologies for this intrusion, which
nothing could excuse but the extreme urgency of the service order he had to ...
Lorettus Sutton Metcalf, Walter Hines Page, Joseph Mayer Rice, 1908
The ladies, wearing hats surcharged with a profusion of feathers, sheathed in
clinging white gowns from their armpits to the tips of their low satin shoes, looked
sylphlike and cool in a great display of bare necks and arms. The men who talked
...
Did you ever see anything more sylphlike? She used to be quite stout. Her
husband didn't realize it. He was ac— customed to see her every day. The
exclaimed Mrs. Planer. take 05 thirty My dear, you must bechange was so
gradual that he ...
The ladies wore big hats surcharged with a profusion of feathers; their bodies,
sheathed in clinging white gowns from the armpits to the tips of the low satin
shoes, looked sylphlike and cool in a great display of bare necks and arms. The
men ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SYLPHLIKE»
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sylphlike is used in the context of the following news items.
Peter Rhodes: Pistols drawn
I can only report that today's Jerseyfolk are positively sylphlike compared to the lumpen Brits. Tattoos are rarer, too. That looks like a palindrome but it isn't . «expressandstar.com, Jul 15»
How Carrie Hammer's "Role Models Not Runway Models" Is …
... of the fashion industry's greatest shortcomings in years past has been the employment of models who fit a certain phenotype; namely, those who are sylphlike, ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
Looking back on the maternity clothes in my closet
I am either a foolish optimist or a masochistic hoarder, keeping clothes that are too tight as an unlikely future possibility or a reminder of my non-sylphlike state. «The Globe and Mail, May 15»
Looking forward to Art Garfunkel, Graham Nash, Arlo Guthrie
Joni Mitchell was the whole package: a lovely, sylphlike woman with a natural blush, like windburn, and an elusive quality that seemed lit from within. Her beauty ... «SouthFlorida.com, Dec 14»
Michael Karam: Lebanese advertising stuck in a sexist time warp
Seriously though, what with the implication that it is verboten for women to look anything but sylphlike (and the fatuous, albeit much less insulting, notion that ... «The National, Mar 14»
Quick crossword No 13666
1 College financial officer (6); 2 Mushrooms and toadstools (5); 3 Unruly — anarchic (7); 5 Monk's garb (5); 6 Devilish (7); 7 Sylphlike (6); 8 Sunderland's county ... «The Guardian, Feb 14»
Go ahead, mention them: A touring show on the history of French …
... evolved from the extreme pouter-pigeon S-bend silhouette of Edwardian times to its antithesis: the Flappers, mis-remembered as skinny sylphlike women. «The Province, Dec 13»
Nalini Ambady MA '85 remembered as serious scientist, special …
“She was a sylphlike young lady, whose name many could not quite figure out how to pronounce. She was good-spirited, and her Indian background ... «William and Mary News, Nov 13»
Royal Watch: Will and Kate's Staid Countryside Anniversary—Will …
Your Royal Watcher rarely reads anything negative about the sylphlike duchess, but this week she faces not one but two critics. The Daily Mail reports that as ... «Vanity Fair, May 12»
Point Omega, By Don DeLillo
... to that phenomenon – a flimsy girl called Jessie who is "sylphlike", whose "element was air", barely there because she is barely seen, and barely sees others. «Independent, Mar 10»
