sylph
Other forms: sylphs
A sylph is a lovely, slim young woman or girl. You could describe a row of graceful ballerinas as sylphs.
A sylph is always young, female, and slender, moving with an almost otherworldly lightness and grace. The original meaning of sylph was a mythical fairy-like creature, an air spirit that's mentioned by the poet Alexander Pope and appears in several Shakespeare plays as well. The 19th century French ballet "La Sylphide" is thought to have led to the use of sylph to describe slender girls, especially ballet dancers.
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a slender graceful young woman
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an elemental being believed to inhabit the airtype of:imaginary being, imaginary creaturea creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction
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Eileen Ford, the co-founder of Ford Models, died on July 9th at the age of 92. One of the most successful people ever in her field, her choice of clients helped define international standards of beauty. Although not a fan of the "waif look" of the 1990s, Ford was famous for putting her models on diets. She was also known for keeping them away from drugs and alcohol. Writers who had to write about Ford and the models she represented often ran out of words for "thin." Here are 15 synonyms so you'll always have words to use during Fashion Week or while attending the Paris shows.
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A toy soldier with only one leg falls out of a window, after falling in love with a paper dancer. Read the full text here in the 1872 translation by H.P. Paull.