Dictionary entry

Sylphid

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sylph″id (?), n. [F. sylphide, fem. See Sylph.] A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph. “The place of the sylphid queen.” J. R. Drake.

Ye sylphs and sylphids, to your chief give ear,

Fays, fairies, genii, elves, and demons, hear. Pope.