sylph

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An invisible being of the air.
2. noun The elemental being of air, usually female.
3. noun A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people.
4. noun Any of the mainly dark green and blue hummingbirds (genus Aglaiocercus), the male of which has a long forked tail.

Similar words

nymph sylvan fairy zephyrette eidolon water nymph skymaiden skyland zephyr spryte

Often followed by

of and etherege in was to had who is

Word family

sylphlike sylphs