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Synonyms for sylvan

Grammar : Adj
Spell : sil-vuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪl vən

Définition of sylvan

Origin :
  • "of the woods," 1570s; earlier as a noun (1560s), "deity of the woods," from Middle French sylvain, from Latin silvanus "pertaining to wood or forest" (originally only in silvanae "goddesses of the woods"), from silva "wood, forest, grove," of unknown origin. Silvanus was used by the Romans as the proper name of a god of woods and fields, identified with Pan. Spelling with -y- influenced by Greek hyle "forest," from which the Latin word was supposed to derive.
  • adj woodsy
Example sentences :
  • But now the scene is changed: Peace crowns the sylvan shade.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boone » by John Filson
  • Yet without this self-knowledge there may be a sylvan strength and integrity in that which he is.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Dearer than all these to me,” he says about our other valleys, “is sylvan Tweed.
  • Extract from : « Angling Sketches » by Andrew Lang
  • The palms surpass in number and variety all their sylvan brethren.
  • Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • At least not new and not unaccustomed, but new and unaccustomed there, in this sylvan retreat.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, July 1, 1914 » by Various
  • But now the scene is changed: peace crowns the sylvan shade.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Daniel Boone: the Kentucky rifleman » by Uncle Philip
  • Often, on a hot day, have I resorted to this sylvan retreat.
  • Extract from : « A Handful of Stars » by Frank W. Boreham
  • It was in that sylvan retreat by the flowing river we nearly met our Waterloo.
  • Extract from : « A Pirate of Parts » by Richard Neville
  • Beyond the last cabin they entered a sylvan world all their own.
  • Extract from : « Judith of the Cumberlands » by Alice MacGowan
  • He lived more intensely than any other member of the sylvan household.
  • Extract from : « The Cursed Patois » by Mary Hartwell Catherwood

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