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sylph (plural sylphs) ( 1 mythology) An invisible being of the air. 2  The elemental being of air, usually female. A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people. 1811, Mary Bruton, Self-Control (novel): Her heart fluttered with expectationâher step was buoyant with hope, and she sprung into the carriage with the lightness of a sylph.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Sylph is a mythological creature in the Western tradition. The term originates in Paracelsus, who describes sylphs as invisible beings of the air, his elementals of air. There is no known substantial mythos associated with them.