sylph

A slim, graceful woman or girl.

In the occult philosophy of Paracelsus, a being that has air as its element.

An imaginary being inhabiting the air; an elemental spirit of the air, according to the system of Paracelsus, holding an intermediate place between material and immaterial beings.

In ornithology, one of various humming-birds with long forficate tail: so called from their grace and beauty: as, the blue-tailed sylph, Cynanthus forficatus. See cut under sappho.

An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.

Fig.: A slender, graceful woman.

Any one of several species of very brilliant South American humming birds, having a very long and deeply-forked tail.

An invisible being of the air

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.